Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association v. United States Department Of State

584 F.2d 931 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. No. 77-2968. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 26, 1978. 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. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle. Before HUFSTEDLER, WRIGHT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 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…