96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6124, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,009 Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation, and Tulalip Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Suquamish Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe Squaxim Island Skokomish Indian Tribe Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Upper Skagit Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Puyallup Tribe Nooksack Tribe Hoh Tribe Jamestown Klallam Indians Quileute Indian Tribe Lummi Tribe Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, and Alaska Trollers Association, Applicant in Intervention-Appellee v. Malcolm Baldrige, and Alaska State, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant

91 F.3d 1366

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 16, 1996
• Docket: 95-35901
• Status: Published

Opinion

91 F.3d 1366

96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6124, 96 Daily Journal
D.A.R. 10,009
CONFEDERATED TRIBES & BANDS OF the YAKAMA INDIAN NATION,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
and
Tulalip Tribe; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community;
Suquamish Tribe; Stillaguamish Tribe; Squaxim Island;
Skokomish Indian Tribe; Makah Tribe; Muckleshoot Tribe;
Nisqually Indian Tribe; Upper Skagit Tribe; Sauk-Suiattle
Tribe; Puyallup Tribe; Nooksack Tribe; Hoh Tribe;
Jamestown Klallam Indians; Quileute Indian Tribe; Lummi
Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation;
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees,
and
Alaska Trollers Association, Applicant in intervention-Appellee,
v.
Malcolm BALDRIGE, Defendant,
and
Alaska State, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

No. 95-35901.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

Argued and Submitted April 10, 1996.
Decided Aug. 16, 1996.

Michael A.D. Stanley, Bonnie E. Harris, and Myles A. Conway, Assistant Attorneys General, Juneau, Alaska, for defendant-intervenor-appellant State of Alaska.

Bruce E. Weyhrauch, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Juneau, Alaska, for applicant in intervention-appellant and amicus curiae Alaska Trollers Association.

Timothy Weaver, Cockrill & Weaver, Yakima, Washington, for plaintiff-appellee Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation.

Daniel A. Raas, Raas, Johnsen, Gerret, Bellingham, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees various Indian Tribes.

Mason D. Morisset, Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwick, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee Tulalip Tribe.

Richard Reich, Tahalah, Washington, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee Quileute Indian Nation.

Douglas Nash, Lapwar, Idaho, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.

Stephanie L. Striffler, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, Oregon, for defendant-appellee State of Oregon.

Robert P. Blasco, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, Juneau, Alaska, for amicus curiae Shee-Atika Incorporated, Klukwan, Inc., and Goldbelt, Inc.

Richard A. Wegman, Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Government of Canada.

David C. Crosby, Wickwire, Greene, Crosby, Brewer & Seward, Juneau, Alaska, for amicus curiae Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Barbara J. Rothstein, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-80-00342-BJR.

Before: WRIGHT, PREGERSON, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

For the reasons set forth by the district court in its well-reasoned, well-written order published at 898 F.Supp. 1477 (W.D.Wash.1995), we AFFIRM.