TERRITORY OF ALASKA v. THE ARCTIC MAID

Nos. A-7093, A-7130 to A-7132, A-7142, A-7143, A-7129.

140 F.Supp. 190 (1956)

TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. THE ARCTIC MAID and Arctic Maid Fisheries, Inc., Defendants. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. THE PACIFIC QUEEN and Pacific Queen Fisheries, Defendants. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. ALASKA REEFER FISHERIES, Defendant. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. THE NORTH STAR and North Star Fisheries, Defendants. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN PACKING CO., Pacific Reefer Fisheries, a partnership, and THE PACIFIC REEFER (a vessel), Defendants. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. NORTHERN REEFER COMPANY, Grimes Packing Company, and THE REEFER II (a vessel), Defendants. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. PACIFIC REEFER FISHERIES, Defendant.

District Court, Alaska First Division, Juneau.

March 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gerald Williams, Atty. Gen., Territory of Alaska, and Edward A. Merdes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Territory of Alaska, for plaintiff.

Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Beeks, Seattle, Wash., and John H. Dimond, Juneau, Alaska, for defendants.


HODGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff in seven consolidated actions seeks to recover of the defendants occupational license taxes totaling, with penalty and accrued interest, $116,730.21, imposed by the Territory for the years 1951 to 1954 incl. under the provisions of Chapter 97, S.L.A.1949, as amended by Chapter 116, S.L.A.1951.

The pertinent parts of the statute involved read as follows:

"Section 1. Businesses in Alaska Fisheries Requiring Licenses...

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