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U.S. v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE

No. 89-35254.

901 F.2d 772 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Tulalip Tribes of Washington; Lummi Indian Tribe; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, and Upper Skagit Tribe, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of Washington, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Browne, Browne, Ressler & Foster, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant (Suquamish Indian Tribe).

Mason D. Morisset, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Seattle, Wash., for Tulalip Indian Tribe.

Daniel A. Raas, Bellingham, Wash. for Lummi Indian Tribe.

Gregory M. O'Leary, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, Wash., for Muckleshoot Tribe.

Edward G. Maloney, Jr., Sedro Woolley, Wash., for Upper Skagit Tribe.

John T. Stahr, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, REINHARDT and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The Suquamish Indian Tribe of western Washington seeks an adjudication that it is the successor to the former Duwamish Tribe and entitled to exercise the fishing rights of the Duwamish. The district court denied relief.

BACKGROUND

The Suquamish filed this action as a separate proceeding in a continuing case that relates to the nature and extent of treaty Indian fishing rights in western Washington. See United States...

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