Court Opinion

ID: 9461296
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:10:48.861616+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:59.305493
License: Public Domain

ELY, Circuit Judge
(concurring):
In the light of certain writings of the Alaska Supreme Court, issued after the District Court’s entry of judgment, I cannot conscientiously dissent from the majority’s wish that the district judge be allowed to reconsider the dispute in the light of the subsequent state court expressions. It warrants emphasis, however, that it is not intended by the principal opinion to in any manner indicate this court’s view as to the decision that should be properly made by the District Court in its reconsideration. Speaking only for myself, I can perceive nothing in the utterances of the Supreme Court of Alaska, particularly in Gates v. Rivers Construction Co. and Sumner Development Corp. v. Shivers, cited in the principal opinion, that should induce the District Court to alter its original judgment and thus depart from our court’s holding in Hedla v. McCool, 476 F.2d 1223 (9th Cir. 1973).