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SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE v. U.S.

Nos. 01-35028, 01-35845.

332 F.3d 551 (2003)

SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian tribe in its own capacity as a class representative and as parens patriae; Denny S. Hurtado; Gordon A. James; Joseph Pavel; Anne Pavel; Maures P. Tinaza; Celeste F. Vigil; Roslynne L. Reed; Gary W. Peterson; Rita C. Andrews; Tom G. Strong; Marie E. Gouley; Victoria J. Pavel; Dennis W. Allen; Joseph Andrews, Sr.; Zetha Cush; Elsie M. Allen; Alex L. Gouley, Jr.; Lawrence L. Kenyon; Doris Miller; Gerald B. Miller; Helen M. Rudy; Ronald D. Twiddy, Sr.; Nick G. Wilbur, Sr., Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Tacoma Public Utility, a Washington municipal corporation; City Of Tacoma, a Washington municipal corporation; William Barker, Tacoma Public Utilities Board Member in his official capacity; Tom Hilyard, Tacoma Public Utilities Board Member in his official capacity; Robert Lane; Tim Strege; G.E. Vaughn, Defendants-Appellees. Skokomish Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe in its own capacity as a class representative and as parens patriae; Denny S. Hurtado; Gordon A. James; Joseph Pavel; Anne Pavel; Maures P. Tinaza; Celeste F. Vigil; Roslynne L. Reed; Gary W. Peterson; Rita C. Andrews; Tom G. Strong; Marie E. Gouley; Victoria J. Pavel; Dennis W. Allen; Joseph Andrews, Sr.; Zetha Cush; Elsie M. Allen; Alex L Gouley, Jr.; Lawrence L. Kenyon; Doris Miller; Gerald B. Miller; Helen M. Rudy; Ronald D. Twiddy, Sr.; Nick G. Wilbur, Sr., Skokomish Indian Tribal members for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tacoma Public Utility, a Washington municipal corporation; City of Tacoma, a Washington municipal corporation; William Barker, Tacoma Public Utilities Board Member in his official capacity; Tom Hilyard, Tacoma Public Utilities Board Member in his official capacity; Robert Lane; Tim Strege; G.E. Vaughn; United States Internal Revenue Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason D. Morisset, Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, Seattle, WA, for the Petitioners-Appellants.

Phillip H. Lynch, Assistant United States Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for the Defendants-Appellees.

J. Richard Creatura, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, P.L.L.C. (Tacoma Public Utility), Tacoma, WA, for the Defendants-Appellees.

Timothy L. Ashcraft, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, P.L.L.C. (Tacoma Public Utility), Tacoma, WA, for the Defendants-Appellees.

Before: WALLACE, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge TROTT; Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part by Judge TASHIMA.

TROTT, Circuit Judge.

The Skokomish Indian Tribe ("Skokomish Tribe") and individual tribe members (collectively "Tribe") brought this action against the City of Tacoma ("City"), Tacoma Public Utilities ("TPU"), and individual board members of TPU ("Board"), (collectively "Tacoma"), and the United States alleging they were harmed by the Cushman Hydroelectric Project...

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