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UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE v. SAUK-SUIATTLE INDIAN

No. 21-35985.

66 F.4th 766 (2023)

UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAUK-SUIATTLE INDIAN TRIBE, Defendant-Appellant, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Real-party-in-interest-Appellee, and State of Washington; Tulalip Tribes; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Squaxin Island Tribe; Hoh Indian Tribe, Real-party-in-interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 1, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Anne Gore Maglio (argued), Benjamin A. Christian , and Kehl Van Winkle , Maglio Christopher & Toale PA, Sarasota, Florida; Talis M. Abolins , Maglio Christopher & Toale PA, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellant.

David S. Hawkins (argued), Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Sedro Wooley, Washington; Arthur W. Harrigan Jr. , Tyler L. Farmer , and Bryn R. Pallesen , Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James M. Jannetta and Emily H. Haley , Office of the Tribal Attorney Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, La Conner, Washington, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph V. Panesko , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Washington Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for Real-Party-in-Interest State of Washington.

Samuel Judge Stiltner , Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Tacoma, Washington, Real-Party-in-Interest Puyallup Tribe of Indians.

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, District Judge.

OPINION

The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (the Upper Skagit tribe) claims that the usual and accustomed fishing areas of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe (the Sauk tribe) under a 1974 decision do not include the Skagit River, and therefore that decision did not authorize the Sauk tribe to open salmon fisheries on that river...

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