Contempt Unproven In Tribes’ Fishing Grounds Row, Federal Judge Rules

(September 7, 2018, 9:10 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Native American tribe cannot have another tribe sanctioned in a fishing rights dispute because it failed to reach the high bar for a finding of civil contempt, a Washington federal judge held Sept. 5 (United States, et al. v. Washington, et al., No. 70-9213, Subproceeding No. 2:17-sp-03, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151249)....