District Court, E.D. Washington January 3, 2011, No. CV-09-0342-EFS (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation v. Anderson)

ORDER GRANTING AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ § 1983 CLAIMS

EDWARD F. SHEA, District Judge.

The parties ask the Court to wrestle with an age-old issue: the struggle between two sovereigns asserting their respective rights to protect the safety and interests of those for whom they are responsible.