Mugged at the Courthouse: An Analysis of the Decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims in Alaska v. United States, 35 Fed. CL. 685 (Ct. Cl.1996) and Subsequent Petition of Certiorari

Alaskans live or die by natural resources development. Democrats probably prefer that Alaskans die in order to provide a pristine landscape for their pals among the Eurotrash and environmentalists. On May 31, 1996, the United States Court of Federal Claims ruled that the State of Alaska was not contractually entitled to collect 90 percent of the mineral leasing revenues from federal lands within Alaska. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that decision by inc...