YAKAMA INDIAN NATION v. FLORES

Nos. CS-89-458-AAM, CY-92-3100-AAM.

955 F.Supp. 1229 (1997)

YAKAMA INDIAN NATION, Plaintiff/Intervenors, v. Juan FLORES, et al., Defendants. Ronald CREE, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Juan FLORES, et al., Defendants. WHEELER LOGGING, Plaintiff, v. Annette SANDBERG, et al., Defendants, v. Federico PENA, United States Secretary of Transportation, Third Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Washington.

February 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Weaver, Cockrill & Weaver, Yakima, WA, Elizabeth F.M. Nason, Yakama Nation Office of Legal Counsel, Toppenish, WA, for Cree plaintiffs and Yakama Indian Nation, plaintiff-intervenor.

Jack Warren Fiander, While Swan, WA, for plaintiff Wheeler Logging.

Fronda C. Woods, Attorney General of Washington, Licensing Division, Olympia, WA, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

McDONALD, Senior District Judge.

Once again the court must determine whether the Treaty With the Yakamas of 1855 (hereinafter "Treaty") precludes the State of Washington from imposing licensing and permitting fees on logging trucks owned by the Yakama Indian Nation or its members. At the summary judgment stage of these proceedings, the court ruled...

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