Summary Judgment Motions Filed In Suit Over Nation’s Fishing, Hunting Rights

Mealey's (June 17, 2015, 9:28 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Maine — Parties involved over a dispute arising from the issuing of an opinion by Maine’s attorney general over the fishing and hunting rights and related regulatory and enforcement authorities of the Penobscot Nation within the Penobscot River in waters surrounding Indian Island and other islands in the “main stem” of the river on April 13 filed separate motions for summary judgment in Maine federal court in support of their arguments on who controls the river (Penobscot Nation v. William J. Schneider, et al., No. 12-254, D. Maine)....