United States v. Washington

394 F.3d 1152 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State of WASHINGTON; Swinomish Tribal Community; Nisqually Indian Tribe; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Lower Elwha Band of Klallams; Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Makah Indian Tribe; Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington State; Upper Skagit Indian Tribe; Lummi Nation, Defendants-Appellees. Samish Indian Tribe, Applicant in Intervention-Appellant. No. 03-35145. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 3, 2004. Filed January 6, 2005. Craig J. Dorsay, Portland, OR, for appellant Samish Indian Tribe. Elizabeth Ann Peterson, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for appellee United States. Daniel A. Raas, Raas, Johnsen & Stuen, Bellingham, WA, for appellees Lummi Nation, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Tulalip Tribe, Suquamish Indian Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Band of S'Klallams, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, and Puyallup Tribe of Indians. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, District Judge,…