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In a second lawsuit brought by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe against the City of Seattle regarding the Skagit Hydroelectric Project, the Tribe requests an order restraining Seattle City Light from “greenwashing” itself; i.e., advertising itself as environmentally responsible. The Tribe claims that Seattle should be restrained from greenwashing until the city provides fish passage at its three Skagit River dams.

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v Seattle Complaint (King Cty. Super. Ct., Wash.)

Pleadings filed in the Sauk-Suiattle’s earlier ongoing dams/fish passage lawsuit against Seattle are available here.

Updated pleadings:

5 Amended Complaint

7 Tribe Motion to Remand

11 City Motion to Dismiss

13 Tribe Response to 11

16 City Reply in Support of 11

17 City Response to 7

18 Reply in Support of 7

19 DCT Order Denying Remand

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