Tribes, Federal Government Back 9th Circuit In Indian Fishing Rights Case

Mealey's (November 29, 2017, 12:53 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With no conflict among courts and a ruling that properly follows treaties and U.S. Supreme Court precedents, there is no need to grant Washington state’s bid for certiorari on whether hundreds of fish-blocking road culverts violate Native Americans’ fishing rights, especially considering the state’s distortion of the facts in its petition, 21 tribes tell the high court in a Nov. 27 brief (State of Washington v. United States of America, et al., No. 17-269, U.S. Sup.)....