CITY OF KENAI v. CINGSA

No. S-15682.

373 P.3d 473 (2016)

CITY OF KENAI, Appellant, v. COOK INLET NATURAL GAS STORAGE ALASKA, LLC; State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources; and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Falconer and Patrick W. Munson , Boyd, Chandler & Falconer, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Matthew Findley and Eva R. Gardner , Ashburn & Mason, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, LLC.

John C. Hutchins , Assistant Attorney General, and Craig W. Richards , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources.

Jahna M. Lindemuth and Katherine E. Demarest , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Anchorage, for Appellee Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

Before: STOWERS, Chief Justice, WINFREE, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves competing claims of right to the pore space in a large limestone formation about a mile underground. Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, LLC (CINGSA) has leases with the holders of the mineral rights — the State of Alaska and Cook Inlet Region, Inc...

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