Legal Opinion
Midwater Trawlers Co-operative v. Department of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2002No. Nos. 00-35717, 00-35853PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
We consider in this appeal a challenge by fishing industry groups and the States of Oregon and Washington to a federal regulation that increased the amount of Pacific whiting fish allocated to four Indian tribes. We affirm in part and reverse in part, with instructions to the district court to remand to the agency for more specific findings.
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Isaac I. Stevens, Washington’s first Territorial Governor and the first Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Washington Territory, negotiated a series of treaties in the mid-1850s involving a number of Indian tribes located…
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- Midwater Trawlers Co-Operative West Coast Seafood Processors Association Fishermen's Marketing Association, and State of Oregon State of Washington v. Department of Commerce the National Marine Fisheries Service Donald Evans, Secretary of Commerce Penelope D. Dalton, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration William W. Stelle, Jr., Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, Makah Indian Tribe, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee v. State of Oregon, Plaintiff-Intervenor. Midwater Trawlers Co-Operative, and State of Oregon v. Department of Commerce Donald Evans, Secretary of Commerce National Marine Fisheries Service Penelope D. Dalton, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration William Stelle, Jr., Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, Makah Indian Tribe, Defendant-Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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