QUEETS BAND OF INDIANS v. STATE

No. 50000-2.

102 Wn.2d 1 (1984)

682 P.2d 909

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT IN QUEETS BAND OF INDIANS, Appellee, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Appellants. MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE, Appellee, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Timothy R. Malone, Assistant, for appellants.

Jeffrey S. Schuster, Robert L. Otsea, Jr., and Michael P. O'Connell, for appellees.


STAFFORD, J.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following question to this court:

Does RCW 46.85.080, together with the definition of "Jurisdiction" embodied in RCW 46.85.020(2), encompass Indian Tribes recognized as such by the United States government?

Queets Band of Indians v. State, 714 F.2d 1008 (9th Cir.1983). RAP 16.16(a). We answer "no" and hold Indian Tribes are not entitled to reciprocity...

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