‘Wholesale Rewriting’ Of Fishing Decree Demands Review, Washington Tribe Says

Mealey's (October 13, 2020, 8:41 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court intervention is justified for a divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling denying a Washington Indian tribe’s challenge to its traditional fishing grounds in Puget Sound because the trial court had continuing jurisdiction to decide the matter, the tribe says in its Oct. 7 reply brief (Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, et al., No. 20-195, U.S. Sup.)....