[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, NATIVE PEOPLES: "Judge dismisses lawsuit over liability for contaminated Alaska Native corporation lands"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge dismisses lawsuit over liability for contaminated Alaska Native corporation lands

By James Brooks
Alaska Beacon
July 22, 2023 

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a year-old lawsuit by the state of Alaska against the federal government over liability for contaminated land given to Alaska Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

No Alaska Native corporations or Native groups joined the lawsuit, and in an order published July 18, Judge Hezekiah Russel Holland found multiple problems with the state’s arguments, ultimately ruling that they should be dismissed with prejudice.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-liability-for-contaminated-alaska-native-corporation-lands

See also
https://gov.alaska.gov/federal-government-evades-responsibility-for-cleaning-up-alaska-native-lands/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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