Home/Case Law/Ninth Circuit/98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7417, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,299 United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Quileute Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and 26 Upland and Tideland Private Property Owners, (Dan Buehler, Robert L. Davis, Bruce I. Fielding, Arthur J. Gerdes, Joe Hoots, Keith C. Huetson, Commander J.C. James, Richard Sayre Koch, Elaine C. Lefler, Joan Lemonds-Roush, John S. Lewis, Steven L. No. 96-35082 D.C. No. Cv-89-00003-Er Luke, Edward R. McMillan Robert F. Newman, Mark A. Nysether, Arthur I. Price, Ray D. Randall, Cynthia Ramussen, Robert G. Shanks, Axel Strakeljahn, Leana Tracy, Stuart W. Turner, George B. Usnick, Lee S. Vincent, Joan Walker and William E. Whitney, Jr.), Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallamtribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattletribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and James Hadley James Carter Ann Carter Charmond Adkins Larry Alexander Shirlee Alexander Grace Boyd Pierce Davis Rosemary Duncan May Davis James C. Johnston Sarah Johnston W.K. Kirch Jo Ann Kirch David Mitchell Louis Nawrot, Jr. Boon Ho Woo Harold Bauer Billie Bauer William Chase Frances Fellows George Grader Earl Hunsperger Millicent Hunsperger Edward Krenz Eleanor Krenz H.J. Merrick Moss Gordon Margaret Moss Sewall Reynolds Emma Reynolds John Riach Alva Hazel Robb Irene Smith Providence Worley, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, and Lummi Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, and Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Lummi Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Washington, and Puget Sound Shellfish Growers, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants
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No. 758388
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7417, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,299 United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Quileute Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and 26 Upland and Tideland Private Property Owners, (Dan Buehler, Robert L. Davis, Bruce I. Fielding, Arthur J. Gerdes, Joe Hoots, Keith C. Huetson, Commander J.C. James, Richard Sayre Koch, Elaine C. Lefler, Joan Lemonds-Roush, John S. Lewis, Steven L. No. 96-35082 D.C. No. Cv-89-00003-Er Luke, Edward R. McMillan Robert F. Newman, Mark A. Nysether, Arthur I. Price, Ray D. Randall, Cynthia Ramussen, Robert G. Shanks, Axel Strakeljahn, Leana Tracy, Stuart W. Turner, George B. Usnick, Lee S. Vincent, Joan Walker and William E. Whitney, Jr.), Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallamtribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattletribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and James Hadley James Carter Ann Carter Charmond Adkins Larry Alexander Shirlee Alexander Grace Boyd Pierce Davis Rosemary Duncan May Davis James C. Johnston Sarah Johnston W.K. Kirch Jo Ann Kirch David Mitchell Louis Nawrot, Jr. Boon Ho Woo Harold Bauer Billie Bauer William Chase Frances Fellows George Grader Earl Hunsperger Millicent Hunsperger Edward Krenz Eleanor Krenz H.J. Merrick Moss Gordon Margaret Moss Sewall Reynolds Emma Reynolds John Riach Alva Hazel Robb Irene Smith Providence Worley, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, and Lummi Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, and Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Lummi Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Washington, and Puget Sound Shellfish Growers, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants
No. 758388 · Decided September 25, 1998
No. 758388·Ninth Circuit · 1998·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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September 25, 1998
Citation
No. 758388
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98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7417, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,299 United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Quileute Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and 26 Upland and Tideland Private Property Owners, (Dan Buehler, Robert L. Davis, Bruce I. Fielding, Arthur J. Gerdes, Joe Hoots, Keith C. Huetson, Commander J.C. James, Richard Sayre Koch, Elaine C. Lefler, Joan Lemonds-Roush, John S. Lewis, Steven L. No. 96-35082 D.C. No. Cv-89-00003-Er Luke, Edward R. McMillan Robert F. Newman, Mark A. Nysether, Arthur I. Price, Ray D. Randall, Cynthia Ramussen, Robert G. Shanks, Axel Strakeljahn, Leana Tracy, Stuart W. Turner, George B. Usnick, Lee S. Vincent, Joan Walker and William E. Whitney, Jr.), Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallamtribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattletribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and James Hadley James Carter Ann Carter Charmond Adkins Larry Alexander Shirlee Alexander Grace Boyd Pierce Davis Rosemary Duncan May Davis James C. Johnston Sarah Johnston W.K. Kirch Jo Ann Kirch David Mitchell Louis Nawrot, Jr. Boon Ho Woo Harold Bauer Billie Bauer William Chase Frances Fellows George Grader Earl Hunsperger Millicent Hunsperger Edward Krenz Eleanor Krenz H.J. Merrick Moss Gordon Margaret Moss Sewall Reynolds Emma Reynolds John Riach Alva Hazel Robb Irene Smith Providence Worley, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, and Lummi Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, and Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Lummi Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Washington, and Puget Sound Shellfish Growers, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7417, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,299 United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Quileute Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, United States of America Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and 26 Upland and Tideland Private Property Owners, (Dan Buehler, Robert L. Davis, Bruce I. Fielding, Arthur J. Gerdes, Joe Hoots, Keith C. Huetson, Commander J.C. James, Richard Sayre Koch, Elaine C. Lefler, Joan Lemonds-Roush, John S. Lewis, Steven L. No. 96-35082 D.C. No. Cv-89-00003-Er Luke, Edward R. McMillan Robert F. Newman, Mark A. Nysether, Arthur I. Price, Ray D. Randall, Cynthia Ramussen, Robert G. Shanks, Axel Strakeljahn, Leana Tracy, Stuart W. Turner, George B. Usnick, Lee S. Vincent, Joan Walker and William E. Whitney, Jr.), Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallamtribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattletribe Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington, and James Hadley James Carter Ann Carter Charmond Adkins Larry Alexander Shirlee Alexander Grace Boyd Pierce Davis Rosemary Duncan May Davis James C. Johnston Sarah Johnston W.K. Kirch Jo Ann Kirch David Mitchell Louis Nawrot, Jr. Boon Ho Woo Harold Bauer Billie Bauer William Chase Frances Fellows George Grader Earl Hunsperger Millicent Hunsperger Edward Krenz Eleanor Krenz H.J. Merrick Moss Gordon Margaret Moss Sewall Reynolds Emma Reynolds John Riach Alva Hazel Robb Irene Smith Providence Worley, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America, and Lummi Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, and Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Lummi Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. State of Washington, United States of America, and Lummi Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nooksack Upper Skagit Squaxin Island Makah Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Indian Tribe Hoh Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation Nisqually Indian Tribe Jamestown Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble Bands Skokoish Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Washington, and Puget Sound Shellfish Growers, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on September 25, 1998.
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