White Mountain Apache Tribe v. State of Arizona, Department of Game and Fish, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation v. State of Washington and Ralph Larson, Individually and as Director of the State of Washington Department of Game

649 F.2d 1274 WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF ARIZONA, DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH, et al., Defendants-Appellees. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, Plaintiff-Appellees, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON and Ralph Larson, individually and as Director of the State of Washington Department of Game, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 78-3427, 79-4294. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Feb. 13, 1980. * Submitted June 19, 1980. Decided April 6, 1981. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 22, 1981. Kathleen A. Rihr, Whitewater, Ariz., argued for Apache Tribe, Daniel H. Israel, Boulder, Colo., on brief. James M. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., argued for State of Wash., Dennis D. Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., on brief. Steven J. Silver, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., Joshua I. Schwartz, Washington, D. C., for State of Ariz. et al. Barry Ernstoff, Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset, Ernstoff & Chestnut, Seattle, Wash., argued for Colville Indian Reservation; Steven S. Anderson, Seattle, Wash., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Courts for the District of Arizona and for the…