Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Reservation v. Superior Court Of Okanogan County
Opinion
Opinion
945 F.2d 1138 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION, Mel Tonasket, Chairman; Colville Business Council; Colville Tribal Court, itself and enrolled members of the Tribes, Judy Pearson, Desiree S. Freund and Keenan A. Freund, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Robert Freund, Intervenor, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, the Honorable James R. Thomas and the Honorable David Edwards; James Weed, Okanogan County Sheriff; and Peter Sirois, Omak Chief of Police, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-35829. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1990. Decided Oct. 3, 1991. Alan C. Stay, Reservation Atty., Colville Federation Tribes, Nespelem, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. David E. Walsh, Deputy Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before HUG, and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CARROLL, District Judge. * D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (the "Tribes"), seek declaratory and injunctive relief against appellees, Okanogan Superior Court, Judge James Thomas and Commissioner David Edwards. They…