CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COLVILLE v. ANDERSON

No. CV-09-0342-EFS.

761 F.Supp.2d 1101 (2011)

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the COLVILLE RESERVATION, a federally recognized Indian tribe; and C. Vernon Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. Phil ANDERSON, Director of the Washington department of Fish and Wildlife, in his official capacity; and Bruce Bjork, Chief of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Program, in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Washington.

January 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Cammiade Gruber , Joshua Osborne-Klein , Ziontz Chestnut Varnell Berley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, Timothy Ward Woolsey , Colville Tribes Office of Reservation Attorney, Nespelem, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Joseph Earl Shorin, III , Matthew R. Kernutt , Attorney General of Washington, Olympia, WA, Mason D. Morisset , Morisset Schlosser & Jozwiak, Seattle, WA, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS' § 1983 CLAIMS

EDWARD F. SHEA, District Judge.

The parties ask the Court to wrestle with an age-old issue: the struggle between two sovereigns asserting their respective rights to protect the safety and interests of those for whom they are responsible. The state of Washington1 asserts its right to enforce hunting laws against members of the Colville...

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