9th Circuit Rejects Washington Tribe’s Bid To Expand Fishing Grounds

Mealey's (June 28, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington state Indian tribe fails in its attempt to have a river included in its treaty-guaranteed fishing grounds because it did not follow the proper procedure for a judicial determination under a 45-year-old court decree resolving tribal fishing grounds disputes, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held June 26 in a divided opinion (United States v. Washington, et al., No. 17-35760, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19068)....