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METLAKATLA INDIANS v. EGAN

No. 326.

363 U.S. 555 (1960)

METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY, ANNETTE ISLAND RESERVE, v. EGAN, GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Schifter argued the cause for appellant in No. 326. With him on the brief were Theodore H. Little and Daniel M. Singer.

John W. Cragun argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants in No. 327.

John L. Rader argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Ralph E. Moody, Attorney General of Alaska, Douglas L. Gregg, Assistant Attorney General, and Charles S. Rhyne.

John D. Calhoun argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Morton and Roger P. Marquis.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These consolidated cases were commenced on June 22 and 24, 1959, in the interim District Court for Alaska, by complaints seeking permanent injunctions against threatened enforcement by the new State of Alaska, its Governor, and other agents, of an Alaska statute (Alaska Laws 1959, c. 17, as amended, Alaska Laws 1959, c. 95) making it a criminal offense to fish with traps. The statute was assailed on the ground...

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