Legal Opinion
Sohappy v. Smith
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided July 8, 1969No. Civ. 68409, 68513PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BELLONI, District Judge.
Fourteen individual members of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation filed case No. 68-409 against the members and director of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon and the Oregon State Game Commission. They seek a decree of this court defining their treaty right “of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places” on the Columbia River and its tributaries and the manner and extent of the State of Oregon may regulate Indian fishing.
Shortly thereafter the United States on its own behalf and on behalf of the Confederated Tribes and…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Swift & Co. v. WickhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by82 opinions
- Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Makah Indian Tribe v. C. William VerityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. WashingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1974
- United States v. OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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