CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF UMATILLA IND. RES. v. MAISON

Civ. No. 77-59.

186 F.Supp. 519 (1960)

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION, and Elias J. Quaempts, William Minthorn, David S. Hall, Joseph T. Johnson, Arthur Motanic, Joseph T. Williams, Louise M. Elk, and Jesse Jones, each on its or his own behalf and as representative of the members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon; Plaintiffs, v. H. G. MAISON, individually, and as Superintendent, Department of State Police of the State of Oregon; Robert Y. Thornton, individually, and as Attorney General of the State of Oregon; J. H. Van Winkle, Max Wilson, Ralph T. Renner, Kenneth G. Denman, and Rollin E. Bowles, individually, and as members of the State Game Commission of the State of Oregon; and George L. Anderson, individually, and as District Attorney of Union County, Oregon; Defendants.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

June 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Luce, Walla Walla, Wash., Frank E. Nash and Robert S. Summers, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs.

Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., State of Oregon, and Arthur G. Higgs and Roy C. Atchison, Asst. Attys. Gen, for defendants.


SOLOMON, Chief Judge.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and seven individual tribesmen brought this action for a declaratory judgment and an injunction against the Oregon Game Commission and various state law enforcement officials. They contend that State regulations which restrict salmon and steelhead fishing in off-reservation tributaries of the Columbia and Snake Rivers cannot be applied to...

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