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WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING v. COUGAR DEN, INC.

No. 16-1498.

139 S.Ct. 1000 (2019)

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, Petitioner v. COUGAR DEN, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah G. Purcell , Solicitor General, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Adam G. Unikowsky , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Ann O'Connell , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Noah G. Purcell , Solicitor General, Jay D. Geck , Anne E. Egeler , Deputy Solicitors General, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Mathew L. Harrington , Lance A. Pelletier , Stokes Lawrence, P.S., Seattle, WA, Brendan V. Monahan , Stokes Lawrence , Velikanje Moore & Shore, Yakima, WA, Ian H. Gershengorn , Sam Hirsch , Adam G. Unikowsky , Leonard R. Powell , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

The State of Washington imposes a tax upon fuel importers who travel by public highway. The question before us is whether an 1855 treaty between the United States and the Yakama Nation forbids the State of Washington to...

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