Tribes Say Cert Not Warranted For Ruling On Their Hunting, Fishing Rights

(August 6, 2018, 11:37 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court need not review a finding that two Washington Indian tribes have the right to hunt whales and seals on their traditional hunting grounds in the Pacific Ocean because this “fact-specific” decision does “not satisfy the criteria for certiorari,” the tribes argue in a July 25 response brief (Makah Indian Tribe, et al. v. Quileute Indian Tribe, et al., No. 17-1592, U.S. Sup.)....