Cross v. State of Washington

911 F.2d 341 Silas V. CROSS; Vernon Cross, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON; Booth Gardner, Hon.; Brian Boyle, Commissioner, Commissioner of Public Lands; Pierce County; Sheldon Cook; Patrick Kenney; Joseph Stortini, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-35890. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1990. Decided Aug. 15, 1990. Douglas D. Sulkosky, Law Offices of John R. Kramer, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. John W. Hough, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and JONES, * District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 The Crosses appeal from the summary judgment entered by the district court in favor of the State of Washington and various governmental entities and employees. The district court possessed jurisdiction pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Sec. 345 . We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 2 * This case concerns a dispute over land formerly located on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington. The Puyallup Indian Reservation was…