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STATE v. WEISS

Nos. S-653, S-678.

706 P.2d 681 (1985)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Vern T. WEISS, et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Thomas Koester, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Stephen C. Cowper, Fairbanks, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Russ Winner, McGrath & Associates, Anchorage, for amicus curiae Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

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

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

The State of Alaska ("state") appeals from a judgment of the superior court holding that the state breached its duty as trustee of federal mental health grant lands when the legislature redesignated the property as "general grant land." For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the holding to this extent, but reverse the superior court's conclusion that the redesignation legislation was valid.

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