Legal Opinion
Gobin v. Snohomish County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2002No. 00-36031PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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TROTT, Circuit Judge:
Snohomish County (“County”) asserted land use jurisdiction over a proposed building project located on reservation land owned in fee simple by Kim Gobin and Guy Madison (collectively “Gobin”), registered members of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington (“the Tribes”). Gobin sought a declaratory judgment that the County lacked such jurisdiction over her lands. The district court agreed. We have jurisdiction over the County’s timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We conclude that by making Gobin’s fee lands freely alienable and encumberable, Congress did not…
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