Respondent Tribes Say Cert Not Warranted For Fishing Grounds Ruling

Mealey's (September 22, 2020, 12:05 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court review is not needed for a divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' denial of a Washington Indian tribe's challenge to its traditional fishing grounds in Puget Sound for lack of continuing jurisdiction because the court correctly applied the law of the case to the dispute, several respondent Indian tribes say in their Sept. 18 opposition brief (Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, et al., No. 20-195, U.S. Sup.)....