Alaska Commercial Fishermen's Memorial in Juneau, Appellant v. City and Borough of Juneau, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of the Fishermen's Memorial's claims concerning a proposed Juneau cruise-ship dock. The court held that the organization had not alleged an actual, ripe controversy because there was no evidence the City intended to construct the dock on state-owned submerged lands before obtaining title. It also held that the proposed amendment was futile because it identified no legal basis for requiring disclosure of hypothetical environmental cleanup costs, and that discovery was unnecessary because no viable claim survived the pleadings.