9th Circuit Panel Majority Says Washington Tribe’s Fishing Grounds Already Set

Mealey's (December 20, 2019, 1:13 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington Indian tribe cannot seek to expand its saltwater fishing grounds in Puget Sound because they were already “specifically determined” in a landmark 1974 federal court ruling, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Dec. 18 in a divided decision (Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, et al., No. 18-35441, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 37471)....