Legal Opinion
Queets Band of Indians v. The State of Washington, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. The State of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1985No. 83-3644, 83-3646PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to decide if the State of Washington’s refusal to grant licensing reciprocity to vehicles owned and licensed by two Indian tribes violates the federal Constitution. The district court permanently enjoined the state from enforcing its motor vehicle licensing and registration requirements on vehicles licensed and registered by the tribes, reasoning that each tribe was a “jurisdiction” as defined in Wash.Rev.Code § 46.85.020(2), for the purposes of reciprocal immunity from those requirements as provided in Wash.Rev. Code § 46.85.080.
We certified to the…
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