Legal Opinion
Arnett v. Five Gill Nets
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 27, 1975No. Civ. 35783PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (H. C.), Acting P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment involving the jurisdiction of the State of California (State) to regulate fishing by Indians on the Klamath River Reservation.
In September of 1969, a California game warden seized five gill nets owned by Raymond Mattz, a Klamath River Indian. The Department of Fish and Game, through its director, petitioned the Superior Court of Del Norte County for authority to sell or destroy the nets. Mattz intervened in the action, claiming that the Fish and Game Code was not applicable to Indians fishing on their reservation. When the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Organized Village of Kake v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Mattz v. ArnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Department of Game of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Harold Blake and Margaret Carlson, and Cross-Defendants v. G. Ray Arnett, Simpson Timber Company, a Corporation, Cross-Plaintiff AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Gig and Jeannette Eberhardt, United States of America v. Tom Wilson and Sonny Erickson, United States of America v. Diane Sue Mattz, Atone ("Tony") W. Folkins, and Randy MattzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- People v. McCoveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
- Parravano v. BabbittCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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