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Alaska v. United States (view source)
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This case was handled as part of the [[original jurisdiction]] of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]: [[Alaska]] initiated the action by filing a complaint with leave of the Court. As is customary in such actions, the Court appointed a Special Master to make a recommendation, in this case Professor Gregory E. Maggs. He accepted written and oral submissions of the parties and recommended a grant of summary judgment to the United States with respect to all the submerged lands in dispute. [[Alaska]] took exceptions to the report but held entirely in favor of the [[United States]].
This case was handled as part of the [[original jurisdiction]] of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]: [[Alaska]] initiated the action by filing a complaint with leave of the Court. As is customary in such actions, the Court appointed a Special Master to make a recommendation, in this case Professor Gregory E. Maggs. He accepted written and oral submissions of the parties and recommended a grant of summary judgment to the United States with respect to all the submerged lands in dispute. [[Alaska]] took exceptions to the report but held entirely in favor of the [[United States]].
Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]] delivered the opinion of the court. Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], joined by Justices [[William Rehnquist]] and [[Clarence Thomas]], filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
==External Links==
*[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=128#other1 Opinions] on FindLaw (registration may be required)
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
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