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ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHING v. O/S ALASKA COAST

No. S-892.

715 P.2d 707 (1986)

ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHING & AGRICULTURE BANK, and Foss Shipyard, a division of Foss Launch & Tug Co., Plaintiffs, Deep Sea Fisheries, Inc., Plaintiff in Intervention, v. O/S ALASKA COAST, Official No. 612616, its engines, rigging, tackle, gear, furniture, equipment, and appurtenances, and Lloyd W. Collins and Sherron L. Collins, and Alaska Coast Fisheries, Inc., Defendants, State of Alaska, Department of Public Safety, Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection, Claimant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Gorski, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for plaintiff, Alaska Commercial Fishing & Agriculture Bank.

James B. Friderici, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Anchorage, for plaintiff, Foss Shipyard.

Marilyn J. Kamm, Lane Powell, Barker & Hicks, Anchorage, for plaintiff in intervention, Deep Sea Fisheries.

Kathleen McGuire, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for claimant, State of Alaska, Department of Public of Safety.

No appearance by defendants.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to Alaska Appellate Rule 407,1 the United States District Court for the District of Alaska ("District Court") has certified a question for our interpretation of Alaska law. In this opinion, we determine whether the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank ("CFAB") is a state agency for purposes of maritime lien foreclosure...

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