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Case summary: Tribes are entitled to continued access to traditional off-reservation fishing grounds, one-half total run of fish, and may regulate their members' fishing, while state may regulate Indian fishing rights only if necessary for conservation and if run cannot otherwise be preserved.
Year
1975
Publisher
Byron S. Adams Printing
Place
Washington, D.C.
Recommended Citation
Getches, David, "In the Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1975, nos. 75-588, 75-592: State of Washington, et al., petitioners v. United States of America, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe of Indians, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Skokomish Indian Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Quinault Tribe of Indians, Makah Indian Tribe, Lummi Indian Tribe, Quileute Indian Tribe, Hoh Tribe of Indians, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Indian Nation, Upper Skagit River Tribe, Nisqually Indian Community of the Nisqually Reservation, and Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, respondents: and Northwest Steelheaders Council of Trout Unlimited, petitioner, v. United States of America, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe of Indians, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Skokomish Indian Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Quinault Tribe of Indians, Makah Indian Tribe, Lummi Indian Tribe, Quileute Indian Tribe, Hoh Tribe of Indians, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Indian Nation, Upper Skagit River Tribe, Nisqually Indian Community of the Nisqually Reservation, and Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, respondents" (1975). Litigation. 52.
https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/david-h-getches-litigation/52