Roberta Bugenig v. Hoopa Valley Tribe

266 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2001) ROBERTA BUGENIG, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE; THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL COUNCIL; THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL RESERVATION; HONORABLE BYRON NELSON, JR., JUDGE OF THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL COURT; MERV GEORGE, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL COUNCIL, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. No. 99-15654 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted July 18, 2000 Opinion Filed October 3, 2000 Rehearing En Banc Granted February 28, 2001 Argued and Submitted June 19, 2001 Filed September 11, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] James S. Burling, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Thomas P. Schlosser and K. Allison McGaw, Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, Seattle, Washington, for the defendants-appellees. Anne R. Traum, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; and Michael D. Beach, Faegre & Benson Llp, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the amici curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Claudia Wilken, District Judge,…