State v. Doyle

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal and cross-appeal involve claims brought by owners of residential properties for damages allegedly sustained as a result of airplane noise attributable to the construction and operation of a new runway at Anchorage International Airport. The state, which owns and operates the airport, appeals from the judgment of the superior court rendered in favor of the homeowners on their inverse condemnation claims. The homeowners cross-appeal, challenging primarily the superior court’s order of partial summary judgment which dismissed their nuisance and…