In Amended Ruling, 9th Circuit Rejects State’s Challenge To Road Culverts’ Removal

(March 6, 2017, 12:44 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an amended opinion March 2 providing additional reasoning for affirming the issuance of an injunction directing Washington state to reconstruct or replace 817 culverts under roads that are blocking the passage of fish in violation of Indian treaties from the 1800s that guarantee off-reservation fishing rights for several tribes (United States of America, et al. v. State of Washington, No. 13-35474, 9th Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 3816)....

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