Broad v. Sealaska Corporation

85 F.3d 422 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3431 Laurie Isaac BROAD, For Himself and all Others Who are Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEALASKA CORPORATION; Sealaska Elder Settlement Trust; Patrick Anderson; Charles Carlson; Joseph Demmert, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35310. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 7, 1995. Decided May 16, 1996. Fred W. Triem, Petersburg, Alaska and Douglas M. Branson, Professor of Law, Seattle University, Tacoma, Washington, for plaintiff-appellant. E. Budd Simpson, L. Merrill Lowden, and Ronald W. Lorensen, Simpson, Tillinghast, Sorensen & Lorensen, Juneau, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Bruce N. Edwards and Michael R. Sorensen, Sorensen & Edwards, Seattle, Washington, for the amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, H. Russel Holland, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-00009-HRH. Before: HALL, WIGGINS and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge HALL; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 Sealaska Corporation, a Native regional corporation organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA),…