KITLUTSISTI v. ARCO ALASKA, INC.

Nos. 84-4128, 84-4129 and 84-4185.

782 F.2d 800 (1986)

Nunam KITLUTSISTI; Yukon-Kuskokwim Coastal Resource Service Area Board; and Trustees For Alaska, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. ARCO ALASKA, INC.; ARCO Exploration Company; Atlantic Richfield Company; Ernesta Barnes; and William Ruckelshaus, et al., Defendants, and Exxon Corporation, Intervenor-Defendant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Smith, Anchorage, Alaska, for trustees for Alaska.

Thomas E. Meacham, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, Alaska, for Arco Alaska.

Brice M. Clagett, Bobby R. Burchfield, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Carl J.D. Bauman, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, Alaska, for Exxon Corp.

F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael R. Spaan, U.S. Atty., Bruce M. Landon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, Martin W. Matzen, Barry S. Neuman, Jacques B. Gelin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal defendants.

Before HUG, FARRIS, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

The facts and procedural background of this case are set forth in the district court's opinion, Kitlutsisti v. ARCO Alaska, Inc., 592 F.Supp. 832, 835-37 (D.Alaska 1984), and need not be repeated in detail. In response to plaintiffs' action against ARCO Alaska under the citizen suit provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, 33 U.S...

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