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MOORE v. STATE, DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

No. S-8624.

992 P.2d 576 (1999)

Monty D. MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; and American Copper & Nickel Co., Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Meacham, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Lawrence Z. Ostrovsky, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources.

Joseph J. Perkins, Jr. and Barbara F. Fullmer, Guess & Rudd P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee American Copper & Nickel Company, Inc.

Before: MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Pacific Rainier, Inc. (PRI) located and recorded mining claims on state-selected federal land. At the time, the federal government had not conveyed the land. Upon determining that PRI was not qualified to do business in Alaska, and thus not allowed to acquire mining rights in this state, the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources voided PRI's claims. The superior court upheld...

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