Barry W. JACKSON and Thomas E. Fenton, Plaintiffs,
v.
The UNITED STATES of America; The Alaska Federation of Natives, Inc., an Alaskan corporation; Doyon, Limited; Aleut Corporation; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; Calista Corporation; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; Chugach Native Incorporated; Cook Inlet Region Incorporated; Ahtna Incorporated; Koniag Incorporated; Nana Regional Corporation, Inc.; Sealaska Corporation; and The 13th Regional Corporation, all Alaska Corporations; Tanana Chiefs Conference; The Native Village of Minto; The Natives of Nenana; The Native Village of Tanacross; Eagle Village; The Native Village of Tetlin; The Northway Tribe of Indians; The Arctic Village; The Native Village of Venetie; The Fairbanks Native Association, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Alaska.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 31, 1980.
January 31, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frederick Paul, Paul, Johnson, Paul & Riley, Seattle, Wash., Barry W. Jackson, Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiffs.
Arthur Lazarus, Washington, D. C., William H. Timme, Fairbanks, Alaska, for Doyon, Ltd. and Bristol Bay Native Corp.
James Linxwiler, Anchorage, Alaska, for Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Sheila Gallagher, Anchorage, Alaska, David Wolf, Anchorage, Alaska, for Bering Straits Native Corp.
Robert M. Goldberg, Anchorage, Alaska, for Ahtna, Inc.
Gary Thurlow, Croft & Thurlow, Anchorage, Alaska, for Aleut Corp.
James F. Wickwire, Wickwire, Lewis, Goldmark, Dystel & Schorr, Seattle, Wash., Edward A. Merdes, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Fairbanks, Alaska, for Arctic Slope Regional Corp.
Carol A. Johnson, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Monroe, Anchorage, Alaska, for Calista Corp.
Joseph P. Josephson, Josephson & Trickery, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, David J. Walsh, Moderow, Walsh, Johnson & James, Anchorage, Alaska, for Chucagh Natives, Inc.
Edward Weinberg, Frederick L. Miller, Philip L. Chabot, Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer, P.C., Washington, D. C., James Linxwiler, Anchorage, Alaska, for Koniag, Inc.
Donald J. Beighle, Sealaska Corp., Juneau, Alaska, Michael M. Holmes, Juneau, Alaska, for Sealaska Corp.
David Wolf, Anchorage, Alaska, for Alaska Federation of Natives.
David Waters, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.
United States District Court, D. Alaska.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS
POOLE, District Judge.
This action, which the complaint declares "lies exclusively in contract," arises out of eleven attorney-client agreements, some oral, some written, which are alleged to have been entered into between the plaintiffs, who are Alaska attorneys, and several Alaskan Native Villages and Regional Associations between the years 1967 and 1969. Plaintiffs claim to have rendered professional...
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