Boundary Map Upheld By 9th Circuit In Tribal Fishing Rights Row

Mealey's (October 3, 2019, 9:14 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 30 affirmed a trial court’s boundary map, drawn on remand, in a long-running dispute among Washington state Indian tribes over the right to take whales and seals on their traditional fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean (Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe, et al., No. 18-35369, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 29419)....