9th Circuit Sends ANILCA Case Back To District Court As Directed By Supreme Court

Mealey's (November 4, 2019, 3:02 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — As directed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 1 reversed and remanded a case to the trial court to enter judgment for a hunter that Alaska’s Nation River is not public land under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and is exempt from the usual regulatory authority of the National Park Service (NPS) (John Sturgeon v. Bert Frost, et al., No. 13-36165, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32742)....