LEE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. A79-336 Civil, A80-301 Civil and A82-411 Civil.

629 F.Supp. 721 (1985)

James W. LEE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Secretary of the Interior, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Eklutna, Inc., and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Defendants. Ralph A. EKLUND, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Secretary of the Interior, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Eklutna, Inc., and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Defendants. Cora CARR, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Secretary of the Interior, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Eklutna, Inc., and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

Rehearing Denied and Decision Amended February 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Oliver, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs.

Michael Spaan, U.S. Atty., Sue Ellen Tatter, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for Federal defendants.

John C. Siemers of Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant Eklutna, Inc.

David P. Frank of Roberts & Shefelman, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant Cook Inlet Region, Inc.


AMENDED OPINION

FITZGERALD, Chief Judge.

James Lee, Ralph Eklund, and Warren Carr staked out homestead claims during the late 1950s in the Eagle River Valley within the Municipality of Anchorage. They and their families have had a running battle ever since with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and assorted other parties concerning their rights to those lands. Lee, Eklund, and Cora Carr (Warren's widow) brought...

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