9th Circuit Will Not Rehear Issue Preclusion Ruling In Tribe’s Hunting Rights Row

Mealey's (November 17, 2021, 12:55 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 12 denied rehearing or rehearing en banc its determination that issue preclusion bars a Washington Indian tribe from seeking a declaration that it is a signatory to an 1855 treaty and that its members still have the treaty-given right to hunt throughout the state because its treaty rights were already determined in prior litigation....