United States v. State Of Washington

573 F.2d 1118 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Makah Tribe, Lower Elwha Band of Clallam Tribe, Port Gamble Band of Clallam Tribe, Suquamish Tribe, Lummi Tribe, Nooksack Tribe and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Intervenors-Appellees, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES and Donald W. Moos, its Director, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 75-2835 and 76-1042. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 24, 1978. James M. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Kathryn A. Oberly, Washington, D. C., Harwood Bannister, Bannister, Bruhn & Cuningham, Mount Vernon, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Alvin J. Ziontz, of Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset, Ernstoff & Chestnut, Seattle, Wash., for intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before CHAMBERS and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 In the continuing litigation to implement and enforce the decrees we affirmed in United States v. Washington, 520 F.2d 676 (9th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1086 , 96 S.Ct. 877 , 47 L.Ed.2d 97 (1976), the district court issued…