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NENANA FUEL v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE

Nos. S-3709, S-3721 and S-4299.

834 P.2d 1229 (1992)

NENANA FUEL CO., INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE, a Native Corporation and Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Appellees/Cross-Appellants. NENANA FUEL CO., INC., Appellant, v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE, a Native Corporation, and Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn J. Kamm, Call, Barrett & Burbank, Fairbanks, for appellant/cross-appellee in Nos. S-3709, S-3721, and appellant in No. S-4299.

Judith K. Bush, William Caldwell and Carol Daniel, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Fairbanks, for appellees/cross-appellants in Nos. S-3709, S-3721 and appellees in No. S-4299.

D. Rebecca Snow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Douglas M. Mertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Douglas B. Baily, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for amicus curiae, State of Alaska.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal comes after the superior court set aside a default judgment against the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Tribal Government) and the Native Village of Venetie (Village Corporation). The court determined that the Tribal Government was a sovereign entity and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity. The court found that the Village Corporation was also a sovereign entity, but that it had...

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