United States Ninth Circuit

An Indian tribe cannot bring claims against the United States, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for violation of a treaty.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/23/2004
• Decided 03/09/2005
• Published 03/09/2005

Judges

• Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, PREGERSON, KOZINSKI, RYMER, GRABER, GOULD, PAEZ, BERZON, RAWLINSON, BYBEE and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mason D. Morisset, Morisset, Schloser, Jozwiak & McGaw, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Philip E. Katzen, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip H. Lynch, Assistant United States Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for defendant-appellee the United States., J. Richard Creatura, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Melanca, Peterson & Daheim, LLP, Tacoma, WA, for defendants-appellees the City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities.