United States Ninth Circuit
LOWER ELWHA BAND OF S'KLALLAMS v. LUMMI INDIAN TRIBE, 98-35964
The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott did not give the Lummi Indian Tribe fishing rights to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty Inlet or the mouth of the Hood Canal.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/13/2000
- Published 12/13/2000
Judges
- BEEZER, Circuit Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, BEEZER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Harry L. Johnsen,Raas, Johnsen & Stuen, P.S., Bellingham, Washington, for the defendant-appellant., Kathryn J. Nelson, Eisenhower & Carlson, PLLC, Tacoma, Washington, for the plaintiffs-appellees.