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· 8/6/2010

West v. STATE, BD. OF GAME

Citations

  • 248 P.3d 689
  • 2010 Alas. LEXIS 80
  • 2010 WL 3063151

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that sustained yield clause “requires that all wildlife . . . be managed for sustained yield”
  • “The [natural resources] article’s primary purpose is to balance maximum use of natural resources with their continued availability to future generations.” (alteration in original
  • “When we interpret the Alaska Constitution, ‘[u]nless the context suggests otherwise, words are to be given their natural, obvious[,] and ordinary meaning.’ ” (alterations in original) (quoting Hammond v. Hoffbeck, 627 P.2d 1052, 1056 n.7 (Alaska 1981))
  • discussing broad meaning of “sustained yield” in wildlife context
  • detailing history of Alaska’s statutory and constitutional sustained yield provisions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Carpeneti; Chief Justice; Fabe; and Christen; Justices; Christen; Winfree

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