United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs' suit, seeking relief from an anticipated contract between a State and an Indian Tribe regarding taxation of cigarette sales by Indian retailers, is dismissed where they failed to join an indispensable party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 19.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/06/2005
• Decided 09/09/2005
• Published 09/09/2005

Judges

• WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Lobsenz, Carney Badley Spellman, P.S., Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and David M. Hankins, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for the defendants-appellees.