SAFEWAY, INC. v. STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. S-9009.

34 P.3d 336 (2001)

SAFEWAY, INC., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Price, Sabrina E.L. Fernandez, Price & Price, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Susan L. Urig, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After being dedicated to the public, a strip of land is accepted by the local government as a public street and later included on a highway right-of-way map by the State of Alaska. When the local government subsequently vacates the street, does the State retain an interest in the land? Because the State accepted the dedication by mapping the land as part of a highway right-of-way, and because...

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