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STATE v. FORGE

Nos. 46473, 46478 and 46479.

262 N.W.2d 341 (1977)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. C. John FORGE, Jr., Appellant, James Olson and Richard C. Larsen, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hencke & Forge and C. John Forge, Jr. pro se, Independence, Mo., for Forge, Jr.

Donnelly & Martin and John H. Martin, St. Paul, for Olson and Larsen.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., C. Paul Faraci, Deputy Atty. Gen., Steven G. Thorne, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John L. Plattner, County Atty., Walker, for respondent.

Smith, Juster & Feikema and Allen H. Gibas, Minneapolis, for Crane Clan of the Lake Superior Chippewa Band seeking reversal.

Tupper, Smith & Seck, Kent P. Tupper, Bernard P. Becker, and Kim D. Mattson, Walker, for Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians seeking affirmance.

Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, George R. Hyde, Edward J. Shawaker, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States, seeking affirmance.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

On this appeal, defendants seek to overturn their convictions for fishing on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation without a supplementary reservation stamp affixed to their Minnesota fishing licenses in violation of Minn.St. 97.431. Defendants principally contend that this statute, which requires all persons who are not members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to pay a special licensing fee for the privilege...

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