TRUSTEES FOR ALASKA v. STATE DNR

No. S-2865.

795 P.2d 805 (1990)

TRUSTEES FOR ALASKA, Northern Alaska Environmental Center, the Sierra Club, the National Parks and Conservation Association, and the Wilderness Society, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; State of Alaska, Office of Management and Budget, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall M. Weiner and Eric Smith, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, for appellants.

M. Francis Neville, Steven R. Porter, Asst. Attys. Gen., Anchorage, Douglas B. Baily, Atty. Gen., Juneau for appellees.

Carl J.D. Bauman, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin for amici curiae.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

This is an administrative appeal by five environmental groups (hereinafter collectively "Trustees") which seek to overturn a competitive sale of oil and gas leases ("Sale 50"). The appellees are the State of Alaska, its Office of Management and Budget, and its Department of Natural Resources. At issue is the procedural propriety and substantive basis of the decision to lease.

I.

The state held Sale 50 on...

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