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DARLING v. STANDARD ALASKA PRODUCTION

No. S-3777.

818 P.2d 677 (1991)

Robert DARLING, d/b/a Darling Enterprises, Appellant, v. STANDARD ALASKA PRODUCTION COMPANY, Exxon Corporation, Union Oil Company of California, Amoco Production Company, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Nana Regional Corporation, Inc., Doyon Limited and Arco Alaska, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Sandberg and Henry J. Camarot, Sandberg & Smith, Anchorage, for appellant.

John M. Conway and Craig F. Stowers, Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Anchorage, for appellees.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Robert Darling filed suit against the owners and operators of the Endicott Island production facility, claiming they had appropriated cinder blocks of his design in protecting against shore erosion. The superior court held that Darling's claim was preempted by federal patent law, and granted summary judgment against Darling. We affirm.

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Endicott Island is a forty-five acre artificial island, located in...

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