Issue Preclusion Effect On Tribe’s Treaty Rights Disputed Before High Court

Mealey's (January 8, 2019, 3:38 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The question of whether the Crow Indian tribe’s treaty hunting rights in Wyoming survived the establishment of the state hinges on the doctrine of issue preclusion and whether the mere granting of statehood rendered the tribe’s hunting grounds occupied, the parties argued to the U.S. Supreme Court justices on Jan. 8 (Clayvin B. Herrera v. Wyoming, No. 17-532, U.S. Sup.)....