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CLASSEN v. STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 4332.

621 P.2d 15 (1980)

Thomas J. CLASSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Fenton, Call, Haycraft & Fenton, Fairbanks, for appellant.

William R. Satterberg, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This inverse condemnation action requires us to determine whether a landowner is entitled to be compensated for the alleged taking of his riparian rights by the state. Specifically, we must decide whether the state is constitutionally obligated to pay damages to Thomas Classen, because the construction of the new Parks Highway bridge in Fairbanks destroyed his ability to use his residence on the Chena River as the base for his floatplane...

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