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CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. v. LeRESCHE

Nos. 6396, 6648.

663 P.2d 923 (1983)

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., a California corporation; Marathon Oil Company, an Ohio corporation; and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation, Appellants, v. Robert E. LeRESCHE, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Geoffrey Haynes, Deputy Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Glen Harrison, Director, Division of Minerals and Energy Management, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Wilson L. Condon, Attorney General of the State of Alaska; Arthur H. Peterson, Regulations Attorney in the Department of Law; James L. Baldwin, Assistant Regulations Attorney in the Department of Law; and State of Alaska, Appellees. John KATZ, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Geoffrey Haynes, Deputy Commissioner, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Glenn Harrison, Director, Division of Minerals and Energy Management, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Wilson L. Condon, Attorney General of the State of Alaska; and the State of Alaska, Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Ellis, Marc D. Bond, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, for appellants in No. 6396.

Michael Arruda, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Robert M. Maynard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellants in Nos. 6396 and 6648.

Carl J.D. Bauman, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, Melinda Furche Harmon and Kevin Todd Haroff, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee in No. 6648.

Before BURKE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This opinion addresses together the issues raised in two appeals: Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. LeResche, no. 6396, and Katz v. Exxon Corp., no. 6648. Each appeal involves a challenge to the validity of certain regulations promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. The challenged regulations require persons desiring to explore for oil or gas on state lands to obtain a miscellaneous land use permit from the Department...

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