Comenout v. State of Washington

722 F.2d 574 Edward COMENOUT, Jr., A Non-Competent Quinault Indian in Tribal Relations, Robert Comenout and Anna Jack Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, and Washington State Department of Revenue, Glenn Pascall, Director of the Department of Revenue, and the Washington State Liquor Control Board, Leroy Hittle, Chairman, All Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-3524. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 10, 1983. Decided Dec. 30, 1983. Janet Jordan Dillon, Tacoma, Wash., deMers & Thomson, Federal Way, Wash., Robert R. Comenout, Sr., Puyallup, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. Jeffrey D. Goltz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before SNEED, NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs Edward Comenout, Jr., Robert Comenout, and Anna Jack Harris appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants the State of Washington, two state agencies, and two officials of the agencies. Edward Comenout is a Quinault Indian who operates a cigarette and liquor store on…