Etalook v. Exxon Pipeline Company

831 F.2d 1440 Esther John ETALOOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXXON PIPELINE COMPANY; Sohio Pipeline Co.; Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company; BP Pipelines, Inc.; Arco Pipeline Co.; Phillips Petroleum Company; Phillips Alaska Pipeline Company; Union Alaska Pipeline Company; Amerada Hess Corporation; Amerada Hess Pipeline Corporation; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company; State of Alaska, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 86-4071, 86-4294. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 6, 1987. Decided Nov. 5, 1987. Clem H. Stephenson, Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff-appellant. Thomas E. Meacham, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of alaska. Before GOODWIN, ANDERSON and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 A possessor of an Alaska Native Allotment tract appeals a judgment granting some but not all money damages claimed from an alleged trespass during the construction of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline and its associated haul road. A portion of the pipeline and highway cross land granted to the late Arctic John Etalook, and now owned by his widow, Esther John Etalook. 2 The issues are whether…