Mealey's (January 19, 2018, 1:21 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — Two Native American tribes in Washington state can continue with their lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. government to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when adopting ocean traffic schemes for commercial shipping traffic in order to protect killer whales, after a federal judge on Jan. 17 denied the government’s request to dismiss the action (The Tulalip Tribes, et al. v. Hon. John F. Kelly, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00652, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7852)....