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SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE v. STATE OF WASH.

No. 85-3509.

781 F.2d 715 (1986)

The SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam L. Chesslin, Hobbs, Straus, Dean, & Wilder, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David E. Walsh, Atty. General's Office, Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, REINHARDT, and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether the State of Washington may lawfully regulate and tax tribal liquor sales to non-Indians. The tribes challenge the state's use of vendor agreements, claiming that the Liquor Control Board lacks authority to control tribal liquor sales.

FACTS

Appellants are four federally recognized Indian tribes in Western Washington. Each tribe enacted a tribal liquor ordinance authorized...

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