United States v. Baker

641 F.2d 1311 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin James BAKER, Ray Murrell Honea, Stuart P. McLean, William Ryan Sibbett, Edward J. Lansing, Charles E. Peterson, Jr., John P. Holmes, Wayne Johnson and Eugene Wright, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 80-1085, 80-1086, 80-1088, 80-1116, 80-1117, 80-1118, 80-1206, 80-1219, 80-1208, 80-1205, and 80-1214. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 5, 1981. Decided April 9, 1981. As Corrected April 29, 1981. Alexander W. Wirt, Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Fryer, Seattle Wash., for baker. Irwin Schwartz, Seattle, Wash., for Honea. Stephen C. Schroeder, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before, WRIGHT and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, Senior United States District Judge. * EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: I. INTRODUCTION 1 In 1977 and on June 6, 1978, District Judge Boldt issued injunctions to manage the Washington salmon fishing industry while the state and the United States litigated the fishing rights of treaty Indians. 1 Defendants are nine of more than 200 fishers prosecuted for criminal…