Bobby v. Alaska

Under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), the Alaska Board of Game (defendant) set bag limits and hunting seasons for caribou and moose applicable to the Alaska Native residents of Lime Village (plaintiffs), who traditionally hunted year-round, whenever opportunities arose, to feed the whole village, including members too young, old, or infirm to hunt themselves. The residents sued, arguing the regulations failed to give the priority to subsistence uses that ANILCA requires and sought a declaratory judgment plus an injunction ordering new regulations subject to court approval.