The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Trans-Canada Enterprises, Ltd.

713 F.2d 455 The MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE; Agatha Jerry Starr; Donald Jerry; Lawrence Jerry; Bert Moses; Herman Moses; Cecil Moses; and Howard Moses, Plaintiffs- Appellees, v. TRANS-CANADA ENTERPRISES, LTD.; Synergy International, Ltd.; and Herbert Guenther, Defendants-Appellants. No. 82-3439. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 4, 1983. Decided Aug. 15, 1983. Richard Reich, Auburn, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees. Robert E. Ratcliffe, Raymond L. Davis, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, and FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 This appeal involves a question of title to the former bed of the White River as it passes through the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation. The district court found that the United States had reserved the bed of the river for the use of the Tribe when the Government, by Executive Order, expanded the Muckleshoot Reservation in 1874. From this adverse judgment, appellants (Trans-Canada) appeal. This court's jurisdiction rests on 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976). We affirm the district court's…