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STURGEON v. FROST

No. 14-1209.

136 S.Ct. 1061 (2016)

194 L. Ed. 2d 108

John STURGEON, Petitioner, v. Bert FROST, in his official capacity as Alaska Regional Director of the National Park Service, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Findley , Anchorage, AK, for Petitioner.

Ruth Botstein , Anchorage, AK, for the State of Alaska as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Rachel P. Kovner , Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

William S. Consovoy , J. Michael Connolly , Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, Arlington, VA, Michael H. Park , Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, New York, NY, Matthew T. Findley , Eva R. Gardner , Ashburn & Mason, P.C., Douglas Pope, Pope & Katcher, Anchorage, AK, for Petitioner.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Rachel P. Kovner , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Andrew C. Mergen , Dean K. Dunsmore , Elizabeth Ann Peterson , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

For almost 40 years, John Sturgeon has hunted moose along the Nation River in Alaska. Because parts of the river are shallow and difficult to navigate, Sturgeon travels by hovercraft, an amphibious vehicle capable of gliding over land and water. To reach his preferred hunting grounds, Sturgeon...

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