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Alaska Stat. § 42.40.010 (2026)

Establishment of the corporation

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Sec. 42.40.010. Establishment of the corporation.
There is established the Alaska Railroad Corporation. The corporation is a public corporation and is an instrumentality of the state within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. The corporation has a legal existence independent of and separate from the state. The continued operation of the Alaska Railroad by the corporation as provided in this chapter is considered an essential government function of the state.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1991–2020 · leading case: Native Vill. of Eklutna v. Alaska R.R., 87 P.3d 41 (Alaska 2004).
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Native Vill. of Eklutna v. Alaska R.R., 87 P.3d 41 (Alaska 2004). · cites it 4× “Standing Committee at 0275 (Alaska, May 13, 1984) (statement of Mark Hickey) (describing steps taken by drafters to ensure that Railroad was free of DOTPF oversight); House Transp.”
Alaska Cargo Transp., Inc. v. Alaska R.R. Corp. Frank Turpin Marty Keale Richard Knapp Denny Robertson Laurie Gray Arnold Polanchek, 5 F.3d 378 (9th Cir. 1993). · cites it 2× “” Alaska Stat. § 42.40.010 . The uniqueness of Alaska’s geography and harsh weather conditions make the operation of the railroad a necessity.”
Laverty v. Alaska RR Corp., 13 P.3d 725 (Alaska 2000). · cites it 3× “AS 42.40.010. 17 . Id. 18 . Lebron v. National R.”
Susan Holz v. Nenana City Pub. Sch. Dist. Terry Bentley Joanne Romero Endil Moore, 347 F.3d 1176 (9th Cir. 2003). “As mentioned above, Alaska Stat. § 42.40.010 provides that “[t]he continued operation of the Alaska Railroad .”
Alaska Cargo Transp., Inc. v. Alaska R.R., 834 F. Supp. 1216 (D. Alaska 1991). · cites it 7× “See AS 42.40.010. The Alaska Legislature has endowed ARRC with a legal existence independent of and separate from the State of Alaska, and has found that ARRC’s continued operation is considered to be an “essential government function of the state.”
Davin J. Anderson v. Alaska Hous. Fin. Corp., 462 P.3d 19 (Alaska 2020). “”40 AHFC was created in 1971 to address the shortage of residential housing available to low- and middle-income Alaskans and to promote development in “remote, underdeveloped, or blighted areas” within the state.”
Alaska R.R. v. Native Vill. of Eklutna, 43 P.3d 588 (Alaska 2002). · cites it 2× “090 does not apply to the railroad quarry, the theory relied on by the majority is erroneous.”
Alaska R.R. Corp. v. Native Vill. of Eklutna, 142 P.3d 1192 (Alaska 2006). · cites it 2× “390 provides: The board [of the Alaska Railroad Corporation] may adopt exclusive rules governing land use by parties having interests in or permits for land owned or managed by the corporation.”
Hickel v. Cowper, 874 P.2d 922 (Alaska 1994). “020), the Alaska Railroad Corporation (AS 42.40.010), the Municipal Bond Bank Authority (AS 44.”
WCI Cable Inc. v. Alaska R.R. (In Re WCI Cable, Inc.), 274 B.R. 529 (Bankr. D. Or. 2002). “1993); Alaska Stat. § 42.40.010 : There is established the Alaska Railroad Corporation.”
Forsythe v. State, 391 P.3d 643 (Alaska Ct. App. 2017). “Rather, AS 42.40.010 declares that the Alaska Railroad Corporation is “an instrumentality *645 of the state within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.”
S. Envtl. Law Ctr. v. N.C. R.R. Co., 2020 NCBC 61 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2020). “Compare Alaska Stat. § 42.40.010 (stating that the Alaska Railroad is a “public corporation and .”
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