Alaska Supreme Court hears first case testing Right to Farm Act

A court case that pits farmers’ rights against neighbors’ rights has wafted its way up to the Alaska Supreme Court.
(Creative Commons photo by Jack Berry)
The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case between Robert Riddle, who hauls septic tank waste for a living that he stores and uses on Fairbanks-area farmland he owns, and Eric Lanser, a neighboring landowner and homebuilder.
It’s the first case to test Alaska’s Right to Farm Act.
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