Standard Alaska Production Company v. Grace B. Schaible

874 F.2d 624 STANDARD ALASKA PRODUCTION COMPANY, Exxon Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Grace B. SCHAIBLE, Attorney General of Alaska, Judith M. Brady, Comm'r of Natural Resources of Alaska, Margaret J. Hayes, Director of Div. of Lands, James E. Eason, Director of Div. of Oil and Gas, and Walter L. Carpeneti, Judge of Superior Court of Alaska, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Nos. 88-4008, 88-4035. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 1989. Decided April 21, 1989. C. Douglas Floyd, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellees, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Bruce Botelho, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Oil, Gas & Mining Section, Juneau, Alaska, for defendants-appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before WRIGHT and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and RAFEEDIE * , district judge. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Standard Alaska Production Company, Exxon Corporation and Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Producers), appeal from the order granting the motion of Grace B. Schaible, et al. (State Officials) to dismiss this suit on the ground that the…