Aleut Corp. v. Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

ERA IV — Early Governance Consolidation
Court Case
1979

As a part of the settlement of the aboriginal claims of Alaska�s Natives, Congress required that a regional corporation, authorized by ANCSA, receiving revenues from certain sources of wealth share those revenues with its sister corporations. Section 7(i) provides:

What Happened

Elizabeth Johnson, Thomas Gingras, Anchorage, Alaska, Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D. C., for Bristol Bay Native Corp.

Hal R. Horton, Birch, Horton, Bittner, Monroe, Pestinger & Anderson, Anchorage, Alaska, for Calista Corp.

Allen McGrath, Graham & James, Anchorage, Alaska, Joyce Bamberger, Anchorage, Alaska, for Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

Why It Matters Today

Adds precedent that influences how ANCSA corporations, regulators, and shareholders interpret governance rights and remedies.

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