Kodiak Seafood Processors Ass'n v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that issuance of commercial fishing permit for closed waters to one individual was not regulation and was not abuse of discretion
• holding that seafood producers were public interest litigants because they would only benefit from the litigation if other administrative barriers were overcome
• holding challenge to agency's decision to issue exploratory permit to be moot where permit was revoked before trial, but considering merits under public interest exception
• reasoning that because corporation sought only equitable relief, not damages, economic motivation was not significant motivation in bringing case
• noting that, in addition to the issue being capable of repetition yet evading review, “the scope of the Commissioner’s power is an issue of public interest”
• affirming superi- or court's finding that association of seafood company managers seeking to enjoin scallop fishing in closed waters was public interest litigant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).