United States of America, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Atlantic Richfield Company, United States of America, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Atlantic Richfield Company

612 F.2d 1132 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 77-3234, 77-3972. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 4, 1980. Rehearing Denied Feb. 22, 1980. Dirk D. Snel, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant. Richard O. Gantz, Anchorage, Alaska, Avrum M. Gross, Juneau, Alaska, argued for defendants-appellees; Robert L. Hartig, Joseph Rudd, Eugene F. Wiles, Anchorage, Alaska, William B. Rozell, Juneau, Alaska, on the brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before CHOY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants protest the ruling of the district court that their trespass claims were extinguished by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND 2 Appellants 1 represent all the Eskimos on the North Slope of Alaska. Appellees are the State of…