HAKALA v. ATXAM CORP.

No. S-1866.

753 P.2d 1144 (1988)

Steven HAKALA and George Kitchen, Appellants, v. ATXAM CORPORATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Gingras and Patrick G. Ross, Ross, Gingras, Bailey & Miner, Anchorage, for appellants.

Kneeland Taylor, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This appeal involves the statutory interpretation of the phrase "a primary place of business," as contained in § 14(c)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 43 U.S.C. § 1613(c)(1) (1986). Section 14(c)(1) requires a village corporation, upon receiving its interim conveyance of land from the federal government, to reconvey to the occupant any land used, as of December 18, 1971, as "a primary place of business...

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