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STILLAGUAMISH TRIBE OF INDIANS v. WASHINGTON

No. 17-35722.

913 F.3d 1116 (2019)

STILLAGUAMISH TRIBE OF INDIANS, a Federally-Recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State of WASHINGTON; Robert W. Ferguson, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Washington, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 22, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Copsey (argued), Deputy Solicitor General; Rene D. Tomisser , Senior Counsel; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, Olympia, Washington; for Defendants-Appellants.

Rob Roy (argued), Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Seattle, Washington; Scott Mannakee , Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Arlington, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Susan R. Bolton, District Judge.

OPINION

In an effort to engineer federal jurisdiction, the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians ("the Tribe") sued the State of Washington in federal court, seeking a declaration that the Tribe's sovereign immunity barred any lawsuit arising from a particular contract...

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