UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. A 75-215 Civil.

435 F.Supp. 1009 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

June 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Kent Edwards, U.S. Atty. by John D. Roberts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, James J. Clear, Land & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Edward A. Merdes, Mark A. Sandberg, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, O. Yale Lewis, Jr., Wickwire, Lewis, Goldmark, Dystel & Schorr, Seattle, Wash., for intervenor.

Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for State of Alaska.

Richard O. Gantz, Hughes, Thorsness, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Dowell, Div. of Dow Chemical, Exploration Logging of USA, Exxon Co., USA, Halliburton Co., Loffland Bros. Co., McCulloch Oil Corp., Niedermeyer-Marting Co., Schlumberger, Ltd., Wagley, Inc., Teledyne Exploration Co., Teledyne Industries, Inc., Superior Oil Co., R. B. Montgomery Drilling, Inc., Humble Oil & Refining, National Geophysical Co., by Teledyne, Successor and Exxon Pipeline Co.

Atkinson, Conway, Young, Bell & Gagnon, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants ATCO Housing, dba ATCO Structures, National Mechanical Contractors, Polar Oil Field Services.

Birch, Jermain, Horton & Bittner, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant Hewitt Lounsbury & Assoc.

William V. Boggess, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendants James A. Dalton & Assoc. and Stutzmann Eng. Assoc.

Burr, Pease & Kurtz, J. W. Sedwick, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Green Const. Co., Union Oil Co. of California, Alaska Geophysical, Inc. and Digicon Alaska, Inc.

Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendants Burgess Const. Co. and Spruce Equipment Co.

Richmond & Willoughby, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Alaska Barge & Trans., Inc., Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, General Const. Co., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Pac. Inland Navigation Co., Universal Services, Inc. and Alaska General Const.

Paul F. Robison, Robison, McCaskey, Reynolds & Frankel, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant Pipeline Technologists, Inc.

Charles E. Tulin, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants S & G Const., Inc. and Winship Air Service.

Hugh G. Wade, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Rivers C & M Co.

H. Bixler Whiting, Whiting & Blanton, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendants J & J Equipment, Inc. of Alaska.

Klimit E. Giddens, in pro. per. and for defendants Borst & Giddens Oil Well dba Logging Serv., Inc.

Hagans, Smith & Brown, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Geophysical Service, Inc., Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co., Reading & Bates Oil and Gas Co. and United Geophysical Corp.

Hoge, Lekish, Cardwell, Marquez & Lawrence, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Sea Automotive, Inc.

Holland & Thornton, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Colorado Oil & Gas Corp., Era Helicopters, Inc., Forest Oil Corp., Hunt Oil Co., Marathon Oil Co., Merric, Inc., Mobil Oil Corp., Parker Drilling Co., Phillips Petroleum Corp., Placid Oil Co., Mobile Pipeline Co., Socony Mobil Oil Co. and Amerada Hess Corp.

Ely, Guess & Rudd, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co., BP Oil Corp., by Sohio Petroleum Co., Successor Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska, Inc., Kaiser Steel Corp., Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., Newmont Oil Co., Prudhoe Bay Communications, by Sohio Trans. Co., formerly Prudhoe Bay Comm., Shell Oil Co., Sohio Petroleum Co., ARCO Pipeline Co., BP Alaska Exploration, BP Alaska, Inc., BP Pipelines, Inc. and Woodward-Lundgren Assoc.

Barry Donnellan, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Ramstad Const. Co.

M. P. Evans, George A. Dickson, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants S. S. Mullens, Inc., dba S. S. Mullen Const.

Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Juneau, Alaska, for defendants Atlantic Refining Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., Richfield Oil Corp. and Sinclair Oil Corp.

James E. Fisher, Kenai, Alaska, for defendants Better Concrete Products Corp.

Gallagher, Cranston & Snow, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Sourdough Freight Lines, Inc.

Stephen S. Hart, Graham & James, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Nabors Alaska Drilling.

Cole, Hartig, Rhodes & Norman, Anchorage, Alaska, R. T. Robberson, Houston, Tex., for defendants Alaska Geophysical, Inc., Core Laboratories, Inc., Digicon Alaska, Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc., Lindsay & Associates, Lorac Service Corp., Madrel, dba Ray Geophysical, Occidental Petroleum, Western Geophysical Co. of America, Continental Laboratories and The Superior Oil Co.

Ralph G. Crews, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Gulf Oil Corp., Pan American Petroleum and Texaco, Inc.

Delaney, Wiles, Moore, Hayes & Reitman, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Alaska Airlines, Boatel Alaska, Inc., Eastman Oil Well Survey, Rowan Drilling Co., dba Rowan Drilling U.S., Standard Oil Co. of Cal., Whipstock Alaska, Globe Universal Sciences, Hamilton Brothers Oil and Frontier Rock & Sand, Inc.

Robert L. Hartig, Anchorage, Alaska, Michael R. Waller, Karen A. Berndt, Houston, Tex., for defendants Digicon Alaska, Inc. and Alaskan Geophysical, Inc.

Karl S. Johnstone, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants C. R. Lewis, Inc.

Denis R. Lazarus, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Olympic, Inc.

McCarrey & McCarrey, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Wien Air Alaska.

Philip D. Maloney, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Cities Service Oil Corp., Conoco, Inc., Sperry-Sun Well Surveying Co. and Sun Oil Co.

Nosek, Bradbury & Wolf, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Arctic Marine Freighters, Dye Construction, Inc., Mukluk Freight Lines, Inc., Oilfield Service, Inc. and Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co.

Thomas P. Owens, Jr., Owens, Riordan & Turner, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Atwood Enterprises, Inc. and Brinkerhoff Drilling Co.

Rice, Hoppner & Hedland, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendants Earthmovers of Fairbanks, Inc.

Groh, Benkert & Walter, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants Locher Construction Co., dba Locher Co., Inc. and Western Offshore Drilling & Exploration Co.


OPINION

FITZGERALD, District Judge.

The United States, acting in its own behalf and on behalf of Eskimos inhabiting the Arctic Slope of Alaska, sues the State of Alaska and one hundred forty corporations and private parties for trespass to Native land prior to the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.1 The intervenor, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, a recognized Eskimo tribal

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