Legal Opinion
United States v. Smiskin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 17, 2007No. 05-30590, 05-30591PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge.
The Right to Travel provision of the Yakama Treaty of 1855 secures to Yakama tribal members the right to travel upon the public highways. 1 Applying this treaty provision, the district court dismissed the Government’s indictment charging tribal members Kato and Harry Smiskin (“Smis-kins”) with violations of the federal Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (“CCTA”). At issue in this appeal is whether the Government’s basis for maintaining a CCTA prosecution against the Smiskins — their alleged failure to comply with the State of Washington’s requirement that individuals…
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