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STATE OF ALASKA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. A81-265.

563 F.Supp. 1223 (1983)

STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America; James Watt, Secretary of the Interior; Curtis V. McVee, Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management; Bristol Bay Native Corp.; and Iliamna Natives Limited, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

May 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff.

Cynthia L. Pickering, Asst. U.S. Atty., John D. Foster, Douglas B. Baily, Baily & Mason, Robert H. Hume, Jr., Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VON DER HEYDT, Chief Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment. Jurisdiction exists based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1346(f).

I. BACKGROUND

The suit is primarily an action to quiet title to submerged lands beneath a small lake in southern Alaska.1 The court is asked to rule on a unique and seldom litigated question, viz., whether floatplane...

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