KOYUKUK RIVER TRIBAL TASK FORCE v. RUE

No. S-9865.

63 P.3d 1019 (2003)

KOYUKUK RIVER TRIBAL TASK FORCE ON MOOSE MANAGEMENT, Appellant, v. Frank RUE, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Fish and Game, State of Alaska, and the Board of Game, State of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Walleri, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

Kevin M. Saxby, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Koyukuk River Tribal Task Force on Moose Management appeals the superior court's award of partial costs and attorney's fees to the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Board of Game. Because the Task Force may qualify as a public interest litigant, we remand for a determination of the Task Force's eligibility for public interest litigant status and we therefore vacate...

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