Issue Preclusion Ruling In Tribe’s Treaty Rights Row Stands After Denial Of Cert

Mealey's (March 21, 2022, 10:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 21 denied a petition for certiorari filed by a Native American tribe in Washington seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that issue preclusion based on previous litigation bars the tribe from pursuing a declaratory judgment on its off-reservation hunting and fishing rights....