Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Indian Reservation v. State Of Washington

591 F.2d 89 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Carl Crouse, Individually and as Director of the State of Washington Department of Game, Defendant-Appellant. No. 76-3286. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Feb. 16, 1979. Dennis Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Olympia, Wash., for defendant-appellant. Mason Morisset (argued), of Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset, Ernestoff & Chestnut, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Washington. Before DUNIWAY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 The State of Washington appeals from a district court declaratory judgment that the State is without jurisdiction to regulate or control fishing by non-Indians on the Colville Indian Reservation. Appellees are the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation (the Tribes), a federally recognized tribal organization. We reverse. I. Statement of the Case 2 The Tribes and the United States Fish and Wild Life Service have sponsored a program to bolster sports fishing in reservation waters. The Fish and Wild Life…