United States Sixth Circuit

In an action by an Indian tribe seeking a declaration that the tribe retained the right to fish in a lake without government regulation, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where any fishing rights the tribe may have reserved were abandoned when the tribe removed west of the Mississippi.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2009
• Published 08/18/2009

Judges

• Before KENNEDY, NORRIS, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Matthew C. Blickensderfer, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant.  Sharon A. Jennings, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Matthew C. Blickensderfer, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard D. Rogovin, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Sharon A. Jennings, Damian W. Sikora, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.