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LUNDGREN v. UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE

No. 91622-5.

389 P.3d 569 (2017)

Sharline LUNDGREN and Ray Lundgren, wife and husband, Respondents, v. UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed February 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Hawkins , Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, 25944 Community Plaza Way, Sedro Woolley, WA, 98284-9721, Harold Chesnin , Law Office of Harold Chesnin, 1810 43rd Ave. E., Apt. 203, Seattle, WA, 98112-3282, Peter Robert Dworkin , Belcher Swanson Law Firm, P.L.L.C., 900 Dupont St., Bellingham, WA, 98225-3105, for Appellant.

Scott Martin Ellerby , Mullavey, Prout, Grenley & Foe, LLP, P.O. Box 70567, 2401 N.W. 65th St., Seattle, WA, 98127-0567, for Respondents.

¶ 1 This case involves the relationship between in rem jurisdiction, Superior Court Civil Rule (CR) 19, and sovereign immunity. The issue is whether the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe's (Tribe) assertion of sovereign immunity requires dismissal of an in rem adverse possession action to quiet title to a disputed strip of land on the boundary...

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