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UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN

No. 15-35540.

871 F.3d 844 (2017)

UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE, Defendant-Appellant, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Real-Parties-In-Interest-Appellees, and Puyallup Tribe; Stillaguamish Tribe; Hoh Indian Tribe; Squaxin Island Tribe; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Nisqually Indian Tribe; Lummi Nation; Makah Indian Tribe; State of Washington, Real-Parties-In-Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Ogan (argued) and Howard G. Arnett , Karnopp Petersen, Bend, Oregon; James Rittenhouse Bellis , Suquamish Tribe, Suquamish, Washington; for Defendant-Appellant Suquamish Indian Tribe.

David Stoller Hawkins (argued), Office of the Tribal Attorney, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Sedro Woolley , Washington; Andrew H. Salter , Teton Law Group LLC, Jackson, Wyoming; for Plaintiff-Appellee Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.

Lauren Patricia Rasmussen (argued), Law Offices of Lauren P. Rasmussen, Seattle, Washington, for Real-Parties-in-Interest-Appellees Jamestown S'Klallam and Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribes.

Mason D. Morisset and Rebecca JCH Jackson , Morisset Schlosser Jozwiak & Somerville, Seattle, Washington, for Real Parties in Interest-Appellees Tulalip Tribes.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges, and Elizabeth E. Foote, District Judge.

OPINION

In this treaty fishing rights case, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe ("the Upper Skagit") filed a Request for Determination as to the geographic scope of the Suquamish Indian Tribe's ("the Suquamish") usual and accustomed fishing grounds and stations ("U&A") as determined by Judge Boldt in 1975. Specifically...

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