Arctic Maid and Arctic Maid Fisheries, Inc. v. Territory of Alaska, Pacific Reefer and Pacific Reefer Fisheries v. Territory of Alaska, Pacific Queen and Pacific Queen Fisheries v. Territory of Alaska, Alaska Reefer and Alaska Reefer Fisheries v. Territory of Alaska, North Star and North Star Fisheries v. Territory of Alaska, Northern Reefer Company, Grimes Packing Company and Reefer, II v. Territory of Alaska

297 F.2d 28 ARCTIC MAID and Arctic Maid Fisheries, Inc., Appellants, v. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Appellee. PACIFIC REEFER and Pacific Reefer Fisheries, Appellants, v. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Appellee. PACIFIC QUEEN and Pacific Queen Fisheries, Appellants, v. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Appellee. ALASKA REEFER and Alaska Reefer Fisheries, Appellants, v. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Appellee. NORTH STAR and North Star Fisheries, Appellants, v. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Appellee. NORTHERN REEFER COMPANY, Grimes Packing Company and REEFER, II, Appellants, v. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Appellee. Nos. 15283-15288. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. November 6, 1961. Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Beeks, by Martin P. Detels, Jr., Seattle, Wash., and John H. Dimond, Juneau, Alaska, for appellants Arctic Maid et al. Bogle, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, Wash., for appellants Northern Reefer Co. et al. Ralph E. Moody, Atty. Gen., State of Alaska, Avrum M. Gross, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Alaska, for appellee, State of Alaska. Before CHAMBERS, BARNES, HAMLEY, HAMLIN, JERTBERG, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 In 1955 the then Territory of Alaska instituted these suits against the named…