Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE, No. 21-35985 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL 2:20-sp-00001-

COMMUNITY, RSM

Intervenor-Plaintiff- 2:70-cv-09213- Appellee, RSM

v.

OPINION

SAUK-SUIATTLE INDIAN TRIBE,

Defendant-Appellant,

PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS,

Real-party-in-interest- Appellee,

and

STATE OF WASHINGTON;

TULALIP TRIBES; PORT GAMBLE

S'KLALLAM TRIBE; JAMESTOWN S'KLALLAM TRIBE; SKOKOMISH

INDIAN TRIBE; SQUAXIN ISLAND

TRIBE; HOH INDIAN TRIBE,

Real-party-in-interest. 2 UPPER SKAGIT V. SAUK-SUIATTLE

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 9, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Filed May 1, 2023

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

SUMMARY **

Tribal Fishing Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in a case…