Government Says Cert, Reversal Needed In Tribal Hunting Rights Dispute

Mealey's (June 5, 2018, 8:28 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on May 22 urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari, reverse decisions by Wyoming state courts and find that the Crow Tribe of Indians’ right under an 1868 treaty to hunt on “unoccupied lands of the United States” was not repealed by Wyoming’s establishment as a state and that the creation of Bighorn National Forest does not render the land “occupied” under the terms of the treaty (Clayvin B. Herrera v. Wyoming, No. 17-532, U.S. Sup., 2018 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2014)....