Case: 19-35611, 02/18/2020, ID: 11599180, DktEntry: 34, Page 1 of 81 No. 19-35610, 19-35611, 19-35638 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ________________ LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM INDIAN TRIBE; JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM TRIBE; PORT GAMBLE S’KLALLAM TRIBE, Petitioners-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. LUMMI NAT ION, Respondent-Appellant-Cross-Appellee SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY; SUQUAMISH TRIBE; STATE OF WASHINGTON; MAKAH INDIAN TRIBE; STILLAGUAMISH TRIBE; UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE; NISQUALLY INDIAN TRIBE; TULALIP TRIBES; SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE; SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE, Real-parties-in-interest ________________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, No. 2:11-sp-00002-RSM ________________ BRIEF FOR APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS JAMESTOWN AND PORT GAMBLE S’KLALLAM TRIBES ________________ GEORGE W. HICKS, JR. LAUREN RASMUSSEN KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Counsel of Record 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW LAW OFFICES OF Washington, DC 20004 LAUREN P. RASMUSSEN (202) 389-5000 1904 Third Avenue, Suite 1030 Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 623-0900
[email protected] Counsel for Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe February 18, 2020 Case: 19-35611, 02/18/2020, ID: 11599180, DktEntry: 34, Page 2 of 81 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe are federally recognized Indian Tribes by the Secretary of the Interior. 83 Fed. Reg. 4235-02 (January 30, 2018). Accordingly, a corporate disclosure statement is not required by Rule 26.1 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Case: 19-35611, 02/18/2020, ID: 11599180, DktEntry: 34, Page 3 of 81 TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT .........................................................