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STATE OF ALASKA v. AHTNA, INC.

No. 87-3555.

891 F.2d 1401 (1989)

STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AHTNA, INC.; and Sta-Keh Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and United States of America; William Clark, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Penfold, Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Goldberg, Robert M. Goldberg & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants.

Kenneth C. Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee.

Blake Watson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

David C. Crosby, Council & Crosby, Juneau, Alaska, for amicus.

Geoffrey Y. Parker, Anchorage, Alaska; Michael W. Sewright, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, Alaska, for amicus.

Jan S. Stevens, Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. of State of Ariz., Steven S. Michaels and William M. Tam, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, Jim Jones, Atty. Gen. of State of Idaho, Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen. of State of Ill., William L. Webster, Atty. Gen. of State of Missouri, Mike Greely, Atty. Gen. of State of Mont., Robert Henry, Atty. Gen. of State of Okl., Dave Frohmayer, Atty. Gen. of State of Or., Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen. of State of Wash., Donald J. Hanaway, Atty. Gen. of State of Wis., Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen. of State of Wyo., for amicus.

Before O'SCANNLAIN, LEAVY and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

The Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") conveyed the lands underlying 30 miles of the lower Gulkana River to Ahtna, Inc. ("Ahtna"), a native regional corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ("ANCSA"), 43 U.S.C.A. §§ 1601-1629(e) (West 1986 & Supp.1989). The district court set aside the conveyance, holding that that segment of the Gulkana was navigable when Alaska became a State in 1959, and therefore...

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