SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE v. STEPHENS

No. C03-3951Z.

400 F.Supp.2d 1250 (2005)

SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE, Island Enterprises Inc., Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and Swinomish Development Authority, Plaintiffs, v. Fred STEPHENS, Director, Washington State Department of Licensing, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, At Seattle.

November 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory J. Albright, Phillip Evan Katzen, Kanji & Katzen, Seattle, WA, Kelly S. Croman and Martin C. Loesch, Squaxin Island Legal Dept., Shelton, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Deborah Lee Cade and Mary Maureen Tennyson, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Defendant.


ORDER

ZILLY, District Judge.

The Squaxin Island Tribe and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (collectively, "Tribes") seek declaratory and injunctive relief barring the State of Washington ("State") from collecting taxes on fuel sold by the Tribes within their respective reservations.1 The Tribes bring the following three claims: (1) the State is barred from collecting the fuel taxes for fuel sold on Tribal land because the...

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