PURSE SEINE VESSEL OWNERS v. U. S. DEPT. OF STATE

No. 77-2968.

584 F.2d 931 (1978)

PURSE SEINE VESSEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Puget Sound Gillnetters Association, Frank Marinkovich, Philip Sutherland, and Wallace K. Green, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Mijich (argued), Charles E. Yates (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathryn A. Oberly, Atty. (argued), of Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Mason Morisset (argued), Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before HUFSTEDLER, WRIGHT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants, non-Indian commercial salmon fishermen in the State of Washington, brought this suit for declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin the State Department and other members of the Executive Branch from exempting treaty Indians from the salmon fishing regulations promulgated by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission ("Commission") and from promulgating their own regulations controlling treaty Indians' fishing opportunities. The...

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