Quiet Title Action Against Swinomish Tribe Dismissed By Washington Federal Judge

Mealey's (August 12, 2021, 8:49 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Sovereign immunity blocks a property owner’s claims against a Washington Indian tribe in a dispute over a strip of land, and the suit fails because the landowner cannot join the tribe and the federal government as parties due to their immunity, a federal judge held Aug. 9 in granting the tribe’s motion to dismiss....