GRONDAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 20-35694.

21 F.4th 1140 (2021)

Paul GRONDAL, a Washington resident; Mill Bay Members Association, Inc., a Washington non-profit corporation Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; U.S. Department of the Interior; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Defendants-Appellees, v. Wapato Heritage LLC; Gary Reyes, Defendants-Appellants, and Francis Abraham; Paul G. Wapato, Jr.; Kathleen Dick; Deborah Backwell; Catherine Garrison; Mary Jo Garrison; Enid T. Wippel; Leonard Wapato; Annie Wapato; Judy Zunie; Jeffrey M. Condon; Vivian Pierre; Sonia W. Vanwoerkom; Arthur Dick; Hannah Rae Dick; Francis J. Reyes; Lynn K. Benson; James Abraham; Randy Marcellay; Paul G. Wapato, Jr.; Catherine L. Garrison; Maureen M. Marcellay; Leonard M. Wapato; Mike Marcellay; Linda Saint; Stephen Wapato; Marlene Marcellay; Dwane Dick; Gabe Marcellay; Travis E. Dick; Hannah Dick; Jacqueline L. Wapato; Darlene Marcellay-Hyland; Enid T. Marchand; Lydia A. Arneecher; Gabriel Marcellay; Mike Palmer; Sandra Covington, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally W. Harmeling (argued), Robert R. Siderius , Jacob M. Knutson , and Joseph Q. Ridgeway , Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, P.S., Wenatchee, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Paul Grondal and Mill Bay Members Association, Inc.

Nathan Arnold (argued), Bruce Johnston , Emanuel Jacobowitz , Cloutier Arnold & Jacobowitz PLLC, Seattle, Washington; Tyler D. Hotchkiss and Dale M. Foreman , Foreman, Hotchkiss, Bauscher & Zimmerman, PLLC, Wenatchee, Washington; for Defendant-Appellant Wapato Heritage, LLC.

Manish Borde (argued), Borde Law PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellant Gary Reyes.

Joseph P. Derrig (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Joseph H. Harrington , Acting United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Spokane, Washington; Jean E. Williams , Acting Assistant Attorney General; John L. Smeltzer , Attorney; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees United States of America, United States Department of the Interior, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Brian W. Chestnut (argued), Brian C. Gruber , and Anna E. Brady , Ziontz Chestnut, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

Before: Carlos T. Bea, Daniel A. Bress, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Decades ago, a group of recreational vehicle ("RV") owners purchased fifty-year memberships to a lakeside RV park. But as it turns out, the park's management had validly leased the park's land from its landowners for only twenty-five years. This case embodies the efforts...

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