People of the State of California Ex Rel. California Department of Fish and Game v. The Quechan Tribe of Indians, People of the State of California Ex Rel. California Department of Fish Andgame v. The Quechan Tribe of Indians

595 F.2d 1153 PEOPLE of the STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The QUECHAN TRIBE OF INDIANS, Defendant-Appellee. PEOPLE of the STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH ANDGAME, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The QUECHAN TRIBE OF INDIANS, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 77-1500, 77-2172. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 27, 1979. Terry L. Singleton, Escondido, Cal., Daniel H. Israel, Boulder, Colo., for plaintiff. Richard C. Jacobs, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before CARTER and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, * District Judge. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: I. PROCEEDINGS BELOW 1 The California Department of Fish and Game, on behalf of the People of the State of California (State or California), brought this action for declaratory relief against the Quechan Tribe of Indians (Tribe). California sought relief declaring its right to enforce California Fish and Game laws against non-Indians on the Tribe's Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (Reservation) and authorizing California Fish…