TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON v. WASHINGTON

No. 13-35464.

783 F.3d 1151 (2015)

TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of WASHINGTON; Washington State Gambling Commission; David Trujillo, Director of the Washington State Gambling Commission, in his official capacity; Jay Inslee, Governor of the State of Washington, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa M. Koop (argued), Office of the Reservation Attorney, Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Wulalip, WA; Phillip E. Katzen, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Seattle, WA; Riyaz A. Kanji,   David Giampetroni, and Philip H. Tinker, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General, and Callie M. Castillo (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Craig J. Dorsay and Lea Ann Easton, Dorsay & Easton LLP, Portland, OR, for Amicus Curiae Samish Indian Nation.

Before: M. MARGARET McKEOWN, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and JOHN B. OWENS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This appeal requires us to interpret a tribal-state gaming compact between the Tulalip Tribes of Washington ("Tulalip") and the State of Washington. More specifically, at issue are electronic scratch ticket and online lottery games that use video player terminals. Tulalip asks us to force the State to amend...

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