John Sturgeon, Petitioner v. Bert Frost, in His Official Capacity as Alaska Regional Director of the National Park Service, et al.

  1. July 03, 2019

    Biggest Native American Rulings Of 2019: Midyear Report

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed close wins this year to two Native American tribes, backing their rights to be shielded from a state fuel tax and to hunt under their treaties, while circuit courts protected tribe members' access to broadband and heightened tribal officers' exposure to tort suits. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the top decisions in Native American law in the first half of 2019.

  2. March 29, 2019

    Justices' Alaska River Ruling Lets Native Fishing Off Hook

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the National Park Service can't enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river boosted landowners' rights against agency regulation, but its most important piece for Alaska Natives may be the court's refusal to tinker with hard-earned rulings protecting their fishing rights.

  3. March 26, 2019

    Justices Allow Hunters To 'Rev Up' Hovercrafts In River Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Ninth Circuit decision that the National Park Service had the power to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, ruling unanimously that a federal law for Alaska lands protected a moose hunter's hovercraft use.

  4. November 05, 2018

    Justices Puzzle Over Gov't Reach In Alaska Hovercraft Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday to decide whether the National Park Service has the power to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, with several justices admitting they were having a hard time coming to grips with the right way to interpret key language in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

  5. October 12, 2018

    Alaska Hunter Says Feds Can't Justify Hovercraft Ban

    An Alaska moose hunter pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision backing the National Park Service's right to apply its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, saying the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act was intended to block the agency's authority over waters in the state it doesn't own.

  6. September 19, 2018

    Alaska Natives Back Feds In Row Over Hovercraft Ban

    Alaska Native tribes and groups have urged the U.S. Supreme Court haveto uphold the National Park Service’s right to apply its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, saying that taking away the federal government’s power to regulate certain waters in the state could destroy Alaska Natives' traditional subsistence fishing.

  7. August 09, 2018

    States Back High Court Challenge To Hovercraft Ruling

    A coalition of states led by Idaho has thrown its support behind a moose hunter's U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that held the National Park Service has the right to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river.

  8. June 18, 2018

    High Court To Consider Feds' Hovercraft Ban In Alaska Again

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a Ninth Circuit ruling holding that the National Park Service has the right to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, setting the high court up to consider the dispute for the second time.