UNITED STATES v. STATE OF WASHINGTON

Nos. 74-2414, 74-2437 to 74-2440, 74-2567, 74-2602 and 74-2705.

520 F.2d 676 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Intervenors-Defendants, Northwest Steelheaders Council of Trout Unlimited and Gary Ellis, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Intervenors-Defendants, Washington Reef Net Owners Association, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellee, Thor C. Tollefson, etc. et al., Intervenors-Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Intervenors-Defendants, Carl Crouse, Director of the Department of Game, the Washington State Game Commission, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Intervenors-Defendants, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Defendants, Washington Reef Net Owners Association, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Plaintiffs, Puyallup Tribe of Puyallup Reservation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellee, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Quinault Tribe of Indians et al., Plaintiffs, Nisqually Indian Community of the Nisqually Reservation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellee, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing July 23, 1975.

Certiorari Denied January 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl McGimpsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward B. Mackie, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellants State of Washington, Director of Fisheries and State Dept. of Game.

David E. Rhea, Bellingham, Wash., for Wash. Reef Netters Assn.

Don S. Willner, Portland, Or., for Northwest Steelheaders Council of Trout Unlimited.

Harry R. Sachse, Asst. to the Solicitor General (argued), Eva R. Datz (argued), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

David H. Getches, Douglas R. Nash, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., Alvin J. Ziontz, Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset & Ernstoff, Seattle, Wash., James B. Hovis, Hovis, Cockrill & Roy, Yakima, Wash., John H. Sennhauser, Legal Services Center, Seattle, Wash., Michael Taylor, Quinault Tribal Office, Taholah, Wash., Lester Stritmatter, Stritmatter & Stritmatter, Hoquiam, Wash., William H. Rodgers, Jr., Georgetown University Law Center, Charles A. Hobbs, Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Octagon Bldg., Washington, D.C., William A. Stiles, Jr., Sedro Woolley, Wash., for tribal appellees.

Before CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 23, 1975.

Certiorari Denied January 26, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 877.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

The United States brought this suit to enforce compliance by the State of Washington and its Departments of Game and Fisheries with certain treaties between the federal government and various Indian tribes of western Washington (treaty Indians; treaty tribes). The Government initially represented the interests...

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