Kanuk Ex Rel. Kanuk v. State, Department of Natural Resources

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff who witnessed decline in whale population due to State’s inaction had standing
• concluding plaintiffs had interest-injury standing because “the complaint shows direct injury to a range of recognizable interests[, e]specially in light of our broad interpretation of standing and our policy of promoting citizen access to the courts”
• applying de novo review to determine whether superior court correctly dismissed claims as nonjusticiable political questions
• stating AS 22.10.020(g) was “intended to parallel [its] federal counterpart[], and we therefore interpret [it] in light of pertinent federal authority,” and discussing framework for reviewing decisions to grant or deny declaratory judgment
• analyzing justiciability of plaintiffs’ injunctive relief and declaratory relief claims under political question doctrine
• distinguishing between requests to extend public trust doctrine to cover atmosphere as a natural resource and claims premised on detrimental impacts on “already-recognized public trust resources such as water, shorelines, wildlife, and fish”

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