SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE v. U.S.

No. C99-5606FDB.

161 F.Supp.2d 1178 (2001)

SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian tribe, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Tacoma Public Utilities, a Washington municipal corporation; City of Tacoma, a Washington municipal corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, Tacoma Division.

August 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason D. Morisset, Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, Seattle, WA.

Ronald B. Leighton, Gordon Thomas Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Tacoma, WA.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON ALL REMAINING CLAIMS

BURGESS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The Plaintiffs' Complaint alleges 34 causes of action stemming from construction of the Cushman Hydroelectric Project on the North Fork of the Skokomish River during the 1920s. The claims raise issues of interference with a right to fish, taking of water rights, right to hunt and gather berries, takings of land, trespass and tortious...

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