Mealey's (March 5, 2020, 8:24 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 4 affirmed that a Washington Indian tribe has the right to halt rail traffic across its reservation to enforce an easement agreement with a railway and that a federal transportation law does not preempt that right (Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 18-35704, 9th Cir.)....