WILLIAMS ALASKA PETROLEUM, INC. v. STATE

Supreme Court No. S-17772. No. 7658.

529 P.3d 1160 (2023)

WILLIAMS ALASKA PETROLEUM, INC. and The Williams Companies, Inc., Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska; Flint Hills Resources, LLC; and Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 26, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Shoup , Tindall Bennett & Shoup, P.C., Anchorage, and Tristan L. Duncan and Mathew L. Larsen , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants.

Laura Fox and Steven E. Mulder , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

James N. Leik , Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, and Jan M. Conlin and Mathew R. Korte , Ciresi Conlin LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Appellees Flint Hills Resources, LLC and Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC.

Before: Winfree, Chief Justice, Maassen, Carney, Henderson, Justices, and Eastaugh, Senior Justice. [Borghesan, Justice, not participating.]


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION...1170

II. BACKGROUND...1171

A. Facts...1171 B. Statutory Background...1172 C. Proceedings...1174

III. STANDARDS OF REVIEW...1176

IV. DISCUSSION...1177

A. State's Statutory Claims Against Williams...1177

1. The superior court...

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