GRONDAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 21-35507.

37 F.4th 610 (2022)

Paul GRONDAL, a Washington resident; Mill Bay Members Association, Inc., a Washington non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, 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, Defendant-Appellant, and Gary Reyes; 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 June 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John L. Smeltzer (argued), Attorney; Todd Kim , Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Vanesaa R. Waldref , United States Attorney; Joseph P. Derrig , Assistant United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Spokane, Washington; for Defendants-Appellees United States of America, U.S. Department of the Interior, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This is the latest in a series of appeals concerning a business lease Defendant-Appellant Wapato Heritage, LLC, once held on waterfront land within the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State. Wapato Heritage accuses the individual beneficial owners of this land, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville...

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