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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, et al v. Lummi Nation

  1. January 11, 2018

    9th Circ. Won't Revisit Tribes' Wash. Fishing Rights Row

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday declined a request by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and other native groups to revisit its decision that reversed a lower court and said the Lummi Nation did have the right to take fish in an area near Seattle under an 1855 treaty.

  2. December 13, 2017

    Tribes Seek Full 9th Circ. Rethink Of Fishing Rights Ruling

    The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to rethink a panel decision that reversed a lower court's ruling that held that the Lummi Nation lacked authority over disputed waters near Seattle.

  3. December 01, 2017

    9th Circ. Reversal Gives Lummi Disputed Fishing Rights

    A Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday that the Lummi Nation's right to take fish under a treaty executed in the 1850s includes disputed waters near Seattle, reversing a lower court's award of a quick win to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

  4. February 23, 2016

    Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Uphold Fishing Dispute Ruling

    The Port Gamble S'Klallam, Jamestown S'Klallam and Lower Elwha Klallam tribes urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to affirm a Washington district judge's ruling in a fishing rights suit, saying the lower court correctly determined that the Lummi Nation lacks authority over disputed waters near Seattle.