High Court Denies Petition In Dispute Over Off-Reservation Night Hunting

Mealey's (June 17, 2015, 9:25 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 20 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the State of Wisconsin, leaving intact a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision finding that the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians had met its burden to show that a total ban on the nighttime hunting of deer was no longer necessary to ensure public safety (State of Wisconsin, et al. v. Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al., No. 14-792, U.S. Sup.)....

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