State of Alaska v. Ahtna, Inc.

891 F.2d 1401 1991 A.M.C. 303 , 20 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,745 STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AHTNA, INC.; and Sta-Keh Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and United States of America; William Clark, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Penfold, Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-3555. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 8, 1989. Decided Dec. 13, 1989. Robert M. Goldberg, Robert M. Goldberg & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants. Kenneth C. Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee. Blake Watson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. David C. Crosby, Council & Crosby, Juneau, Alaska, for amicus. Geoffrey Y. Parker, Anchorage, Alaska; Michael W. Sewright, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, Alaska, for amicus. Jan S. Stevens, Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. of State of Ariz., Steven S. Michaels and William M. Tam, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, Jim Jones, Atty. Gen. of State of Idaho, Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen. of State of Ill., William L. Webster, Atty. Gen. of State of…