Alaska Supreme Court Issues Two Decisions Reversing Lower Court Rulings on the Proposed Pebble Mine On May 29, 2015, the Alaska Supreme Court reversed the 2011 decision of the superior court in Nunatnta Aulukestai v. State, Department of Natural Resources, 351 P.3d 1041 (Alaska 2015) (the "Pebble" case). See Vol. XXVIII, No. 4 (2011) of this Newsletter. The case involved land and water use permits that authorized, inter alia, mineral exploration on state land. The central question raised by the case was whether the Alaska Department ofNatural Resources (DNR) had to give public notice before issuing these permits.
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