Vaughn

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA 

FE RAILWAY COMPANY,

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 05-16755 CHARLES VAUGHN, Chairman of the Hualapai Indian Tribe, a federally  D.C. No.

CV-04-02227-EHC

recognized Indian Tribe; WANDA

OPINION

EASTER, Finance Director of the Hualapai Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Earl H. Carroll, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 16, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed December 7, 2007

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, David R. Thompson, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

16105 16108 BURLINGTON NORTHERN v. VAUGHN

COUNSEL

Susan M. Williams (argued), Sarah S. Works, Williams & Works, P.A., Corrales, New Mexico, for the appellants. BURLINGTON NORTHERN v. VAUGHN 16109 Charles G. Cole (argued), Alice E. Loughran, Amber B. Blaha, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Paul J. Mooney, Jim L. Wright, Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for the…