Legal Opinion
North Slope Borough v. LeResche
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 4, 1978No. 3275PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Under Alaska law 1 a borough or city may select ten percent of the “vacant, unappropriated, unreserved state land located within its boundaries.” On May 29, 1973, the North Slope Borough filed applications to select state lands which overlay the Pru-dhoe Bay oil field. 2 After a delay of seven months, 3 the applications were rejected by the Director of the Division of Lands who stated:
The area has been appropriated by the state by various uses not compatible for transfer to the North Slope Borough. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the state to reject lands as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Moore v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- Jager v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Local Boundary CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- K & L DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. MurkowskiAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Rose v. Commercial Fisheries Entry CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
- National Bank of Alaska v. State, Department of RevenueAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
- Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Inc. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough v. HammondAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
- Alaska Survival v. State, Department of Natural ResourcesAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
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