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Here are some published cases handled by members of
the firm:
United States Supreme Court
Washington v. Passenger
Fishing Vessel Ass'n, 443 U.S. 658 (1979) (a
landmark ruling upholding Judge Boldt's
interpretation of treaties reserving a fair share of off-reservation fish
harvests in Washington and Oregon).
Antoine v. Washington, 420
U.S. 194 (1975) (a major opinion on the canons of construction that must be
used in interpreting hunting and fishing rights in off-reservation ceded
areas).
Washington v. Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, 447 U.S. 134 (1980)(tribes
retain inherent power to tax non-Indians but must also collect cigarette taxes
state imposed on nonmembers).
Tonasket v. Washington
411 U.S. 451 (1973) (reversing a Washington Supreme Court Ruling taxing
Indians)
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Ryan, 415
F.3d 986 (9th Cir. 2005)
United States v.
Washington, 157 F.3d 630 (9th Cir. 1998)
United States v.
Washington, 135 F.3d 618 (9th Cir. 1998)
United States v.
Washington, 98 F.3d 1159 (9th Cir. 1996)
Confederated Tribes and
Bands of Yakama Indian Nation v. Baldrige, 91
F.3d 1366 (9th Cir. 1996)
Parravano v. Babbitt, 70
F.3d 539 (9th Cir. 1995)
United States v.
Washington, 969 F.2d 752 (9th Cir. 1992)
United States v. Suquamish
Indian Tribe, 901 F.2d 772 (9th Cir. 1990)
United States v. Lummi
Indian Tribe, 841
F.2d 317 (9th Cir. 1988)
Confederated Tribes and
Bands of Yakima Indian Nation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 746
F.2d 466 (9th Cir. 1984)
United States v.
Washington, 730 F.2d
1314 (9th Cir. 1984)
United States v.
Washington, 645 F.2d
749 (9th Cir. 1981)
United States v. Lower Elwha Tribe, 642 F.2d 1141 (9th Cir. 1981)
Confederated Tribes of
Colville Indian Reservation v. State of Washington, 591 F.2d 89 (9th Cir. 1979)
Purse Seine Vessel Owners Ass'n v. U.S. Department of State, 584 F.2d 931 (9th Cir. 1978)
Puget Sound Gillnetters v. United States District Court, 573 F.2d 1123 (9th Cir. 1978)
United States v.
Washington, 520 F.2d
676 (9th Cir. 1975)
Gaming
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma v.
State of Oklahoma, 37 F.3d 1422 (10th Cir. 1994)
Sovereign Immunity
Shermoen v. United States,
982 F.2d 1312 (9th Cir. 1992)
Pembina Treaty Committee v.
Lujan, 980 F.2d 543 (8th Cir. 1992)
Taxation
United States on behalf of
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe v. State of Michigan, 106 F.3d 130 (6th Cir.
1997)
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Nevins, 881 F.2d 657 (9th Cir. 1989)
Regulatory Authority
Moore v. Nelson, 270
F.3d 780 (9th Cir. 2001)
Bugenig v. Hoopa Valley
Tribe, 266 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc)
Bugenig v. Hoopa Valley
Tribe, 229 F.3d 1210 (9th Cir. 2000) (withdrawn panel opinion)
In Re Blue Lake Forest
Products, Inc., 30 F.3d 1138 (9th Cir. 1994)
Baker Electric Co-op., Inc.
v. Chaske, 28 F.3d 1466 (8th Cir. 1994)
John v. City of Salamanca, 845 F.2d 37 (2nd Cir. 1988)
Tribal Resources
City of Tacoma v. FERC and Skokomish Indian Tribe, 460 F.3d 53 (D.C. Cir. 2006)
Skokomish Indian Tribe v. United States, 410 F.3d 506 (9th Cir. 2005) (amended en banc
opinion)
Tanadgusix Corp v. Huber, 404 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2005)
Westlands Water Dist. v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, 376 F.3d 853 (9th Cir. 2004
Bonnichsen v. United States, 367
F.3d 864 (9th Cir. 2004)
Skokomish Indian Tribe v. United States, 332 F.3d 551 (9th Cir. 2003) (withdrawn panel
opinion)
Karuk Tribe of California
v. United States, 209 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2000)
Skokomish Indian Tribe v.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 121 F.3d 1303 (9th Cir. 1997)
Short v. United States,
50 F.3d 994 (Fed. Cir. 1995)
Devils Lake Sioux Tribe
v. State of North Dakota, 917 F.2d 1049 (8th Cir. 1990)
Inupiat Community of the Arctic
Slope v. United States, 827 F.2d 563 (9th Cir. 1987)
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Christie,
812 F.2d 1097 (9th Cir. 1986)
Inupiat Community of the
Arctic Slope v. United States, 746 F.2d 570 (9th Cir. 1984)
Short v. United States,
719 F.2d 1133 (Fed. Cir. 1983)
United States v. Washington, 909
F. Supp. 787 (W.D. Wash. 1995)
Confederated Tribes and Bands
of Yakama Indian Nation v. Baldrige, 898 F. Supp. 1477 (W.D. Wash.
1995)
United States v.
Washington, 898 F.
Supp. 1453 (W.D. Wash. 1995)
United States v.
Washington, 873 F.
Supp. 1422 (W.D. Wash. 1994)
Muckleshoot
Indian Tribe v. Hall,
698 F. Supp. 1504 (W.D. Wash. 1988)
United States v.
Washington, 626 F.
Supp. 1405 (W.D. Wash. 1985)
Confederated Tribes and
Bands of Yakima Indian Nation v. Baldrige, 605 F. Supp. 833 (W.D. Wash.
1985)
United States v.
Washington, 506 F.
Supp. 187 (W.D. Wash. 1980)
United States v.
Washington, 476 F.
Supp. 1101 (W.D. Wash. 1979)
United States v. Washington,
459 F. Supp. 1020
(W.D. Wash. 1978)
Confederated Tribes of Colville
Indian Reservation v. Washington, 412 F. Supp. 651 (E.D. Wash. 1976)
Gaming
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Engler,93 F. Supp.
2d 850 (W.D. Mich. 2000)
Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians v. Kansas, 818 F. Supp. 1423 (D. Kan. 1993)
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians v. Swimmer,
740 F. Supp. 9 (D.D.C. 1990)
Taxation
United States on behalf of
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe v. Michigan, 882 F. Supp. 659 (E.D. Mich.
1995)
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Nevins, 590 F. Supp. 198 (N.D. Cal.
1984)
Wilbur v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 1984-576 (
Confederated Tribes of
Colville Indian Reservation v. Washington, 446 F. Supp. 1339 (E.D. Wash.
1978)
Regulatory Authority
Moore v. Nelson N.D.
Cal No. C 98-3736 MJJ (December 16, 1999)
Bugenig v. Hoopa Valley
Tribe N.D. Cal. No.C-98-3409CW (March 4, 1999)
Devils Lake Sioux Indian
Tribe v. North Dakota Public Service Com'n, 896
F. Supp. 955 (D.N.D. 1995)
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians v. United States, 861 F. Supp. 841 (D. Minn. 1994)
Kaul
v. Wahquahboshkuk, 838 F. Supp. 515 (D. Kan. 1993)
In Re Blue Lake Forest
Products, Inc., 143 B.R. 563 (N.D. Cal. 1992)
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Watt,
569 F. Supp. 943 (N.D. Cal. 1983)
United States v. Ferry
County, 511 F. Supp. 546
(E.D. Wash. 1981)
Tribal Resources
Westland
Water Dist. v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, 275 F.
Supp. 2d 1157 (E.D. Cal. 2002)
Karuk Tribe of California v.
United States, 41 Fed. Cl. 468 (Fed. Cl. 1998)
Aleut Community of St. Paul Island v. Excel Navigation, No.
A98-80 CV (JWS) (D. Ak.1998)
Lincoln
v. Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, 967 F. Supp. 966 (E.D. Mich.
1997)
Karuk Tribe
of California v. United States, 28 Fed. Cl. 694 (Fed. Cl. 1993)
Short v.
United States, 28 Fed. Cl. 590 (Fed. Cl. 1993)
Short v.
United States, 25 Cl. Ct. 722 (Cl. Ct. 1992)
Ackley v. United States, 12 Cl. Ct. 306 (Cl. Ct. 1987)
Short v.
United States, 12 Cl. Ct. 36 (Cl. Ct. 1987)
Puzz v. U.S. Department of Interior, 1984 WL
23255 (N.D. Cal. 1984)
Hoopa Valley Tribe of Indians v. United States, 4
Cl. Ct. 656 (Cl. Ct. 1984)
Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope v. United States,
548 F. Supp. 182 (D. Alaska 1982)
State
Appellate Courts
Postema
v. PCHB, No. 67549-0 (Wash. S.Ct.
2000)
Skokomish
v. Fitzsimmons, No.
23367-3-II (Wash. Ct. App., Div. II, Aug. 20, 1999)