RUTTER v. STATE

No. 6146.

668 P.2d 1343 (1983)

Sigurd RUTTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, John Williams, Burke Riley, and Robert Simon, Commissioners of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Finley, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, for appellant.

John B. Gaguine and Deborah Vogt, Asst. Attys. Gen., Juneau, and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

This case involves a pure question of law. Plaintiff/Appellant Sigurd Rutter, a professional salmon hand troller, is challenging a series of regulations promulgated by the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission limiting entry into the salmon hand troll fishery.1 Rutter raises three distinct issues on appeal: (1) whether the Commission violated the provisions of the Limited Entry Act in issuing too...

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