Squaxin Island Tribe – Turtle Talk

Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with precedent of this Court and the D.C. Circuit, impermissibly narrowed a decades-old judicial decree so as to deprive Indian tribes of their ability to exercise treaty fishing rights.

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Brief in Opposition

Split Washington SCT Holds Title Insurance Co. Must Defend Non-Indian Property Owners from Indian Treaty Rights Claims

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Robbins v. Mason County Title Insurance Co.:

Opinion

Mason County Title Opening Brief [COA]

Robbins Opening Brief [COA]

Robbins Reply Brief [COA]

Mason County Title Petition for Review

Robbins Answer to Petition for Review

Mason County Title Supplemental Brief

Split Ninth Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal of Muckleshoot U&A Appeal

December 18, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, subproceeding 17-02 of United States v. Washington.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Rejection of Skokomish U&A Claims to Satsop River, Debates Continuing Jurisdiction, Cites to Hunter Thompson, and Makes a Dull Indian Law Day Interesting

June 26, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Washington, subproceeding 17-01.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Muckleshoot U&A Appeal [U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 17-02]

March 13, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Appellants Corrected Opening Brief

Appellee Nisqually Indian Tribe Answering Brief

Appellee Squaxin Island Tribe Brief

Brief of Interested Party Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe

Real Party in Interest Breif fo the Stilliguamish Tribe of Indians

Real Party in Interest Brief fo the Hoh Indian Tribe

Appellee Puyallup Tribe Brief

Jamestown et al brief

Suq Responsive Br

Reply brief

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 17-1 [Skokomish U&A]

May 4, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs:

Skokomish Opening Brief

Squaxin Island Brief

State of Washington Brief

Port Gamble and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribes Brief

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Dismisses U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 17-02 [Muckleshoot Request for U&A Determination in Puget Sound Saltwater]

April 25, 2018April 25, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes (W.D. Wash.):

25 Motion to Dismiss

27 Suquamish Motion to Dismiss

31 Muckleshoot Response

37 Reply

39 Suquamish Reply

40 DCT Order

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