Burlington Northern Railroad Company v. The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation Blackfeet Tribal Business Council Blackfeet Tax Administration Division Earl Old Person, Chairman Archie St. Goddard, Vice-Chairman Marvin Weatherwax, Secretary Eloise C. Cobell, Treasurer, Burlington Northern Railroad Company v. Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board Fort Peck Tribal Tax Commission Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation Kenneth E. Ryan, Tribal Chairman Paula Brien, Tribal Secretary/accountant

924 F.2d 899 BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BLACKFEET TRIBE OF the BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION; Blackfeet Tribal Business Council; Blackfeet Tax Administration Division; Earl Old Person, Chairman; Archie St. Goddard, Vice-Chairman; Marvin Weatherwax, Secretary; Eloise C. Cobell, Treasurer, Defendants-Appellees. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORT PECK TRIBAL EXECUTIVE BOARD; Fort Peck Tribal Tax Commission; Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation; Kenneth E. Ryan, Tribal Chairman; Paula Brien, Tribal Secretary/Accountant, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 88-4428, 88-4429. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 1990. Decided Jan. 25, 1991. As Amended March 18, 1991. Michael E. Webster, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, Billings, Montana, for plaintiff-appellant. Reid Peyton Chambers, Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, Washington, D.C., Jeanne S. Whiteing, Whiteing, Thompson & White, Boulder, Colo., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before KOELSCH, BROWNING and BEEZER, Circuit…