PHILLIP v. STATE

Nos. A-11580, A-11620, A-11581, A-11659, A-11582, A-11650, A-11583, A-11679, A-11584, A-11669, A-11585, A-11629, A-11586, A-11640, A-11588, A-11619, A-11594, A-11670, A-11595, A-11649, A-11596, A-11630, A-11604, A-11660, A-11605, A-11639.

347 P.3d 128 (2015)

David PHILLIP, Brian Ivan, Joseph Spein, Noah Okoviak, Sammy Jackson II, Kenneth Andrews, Sammy Jackson I, James Albrite, Michael M. Andrew, John I. Owens, Peter W. Hinz, Michael Frye and Patrick F. Black, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

March 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Daniel and Sarah J. Fisher , Perkins Coie, LLP, and James J. Davis Jr. and Goriune Dudukgian , Northern Justice Project, LLC, Anchorage, for the Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

John M. Starkey , Law Office of John Sky Starkey, LLC, and Thomas Stenson , ACLU of Alaska Foundation, Anchorage, as amici curiae, aligned with the Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Laura Fox , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before: MANNHEIMER, Chief Judge, ALLARD, Judge, and HANLEY, District Court Judge.


OPINION

In June 2012, the thirteen defendants in this case — all Yup'ik fishermen living a subsistence lifestyle — were charged with violating the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's emergency orders restricting fishing for king salmon on the Kuskokwim River. The defendants moved for dismissal of the...

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