Tribe Still Has Right Under 151-Year-Old Treaty To Hunt In Wyoming, Majority Rules

Mealey's (May 20, 2019, 12:06 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court held May 20 that the Crow Indian tribe’s treaty-guaranteed hunting rights in Wyoming survived the establishment of the state, reversing a state court finding that, based on a 1995 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, the tribe’s treaty right expired when Wyoming was granted statehood (Clayvin B. Herrera v. Wyoming, No. 17-532, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. LEXIS 3538)....