UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

Nos. 77-3234, 77-3972.

612 F.2d 1132 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, and INUPIAT COMMUNITY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dirk D. Snel, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.

Richard O. Gantz, Anchorage, Alaska, Avrum M. Gross, Juneau, Alaska, argued for defendants-appellees; Robert L. Hartig, Joseph Rudd, Eugene F. Wiles, Anchorage, Alaska, William B. Rozell, Juneau, Alaska, on the brief.

Before CHOY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants protest the ruling of the district court that their trespass claims were extinguished by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellants1 represent all the Eskimos on the North Slope of Alaska. Appellees are the State of Alaska2 and companies involved in the effort to exploit North Slope...

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