Washington State Tribes Urge Denial Of Petition Over Tribal Immunity Ruling

Mealey's (May 7, 2019, 1:59 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With no circuit split and with U.S. Supreme Court precedent followed to the letter, there is no need to grant three couples’ request to review a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that their quiet title claims against Washington state Indian tribes are barred by the tribes’ sovereign immunity, the tribes tell the high court in a May 6 response brief (Thomas Mitchell, et al. v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington, No. 18-970, U.S. Sup.)....