Vern T. WEISS, Father and Next Friend of Carl Weiss, on Behalf of Himself and all Others Similarly Situated; and Mary C. Nanuwak and Billy R. Cross, on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Appellants,
v.
STATE of Alaska, Anita Bosel, Frances Doulin, Sharon Goodwin and Gabriel Mayoc; and H.L., M.K., and Alaska Addiction Rehabilitation Services, Appellees.
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May 2, 1997.
May 2, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David T. Walker, Law Offices of David T. Walker, Juneau, and James B. Gottstein and Bruce A. Moore, Law Offices of James B. Gottstein, Anchorage, for Appellants.
Brian D. Bjorkquist and Nathaniel B. Atwood, Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, Julian L. Mason and William S. Cummings, Ashburn & Mason, Anchorage, and G. Thomas Koester, Law Office of Thomas Koester, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.
James H. Parker, Disability Law Center of Alaska, Anchorage, for Appellees Bosel, Doulin, Goodwin and Mayoc.
Philip R. Volland, Rice, Volland, Taylor & Hensley, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellees H.L., M.K. and Alaska Addiction Rehabilitation Services.
Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, EASTAUGH and FABE, JJ.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Vern T. Weiss et al.1 (Weiss) appeal from the superior court's approval of an agreement settling a class action lawsuit concerning the lands granted to Alaska under the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act, Pub.L. No. 84-830, § 202, 70 Stat. 709, 711-712 (1956) (AMHEA). The settlement agreement, reached after almost a decade of negotiations, reconstitutes...
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