Legal Opinion
United States v. Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1996No. 95-35202PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge LEAVY; Concurrence by Judge KOZINSKI.
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
In 1979, United States District Judge George H. Boldt ruled that five Northwest Indian tribes had no treaty fishing rights. In 1993, three of these tribes, the Duwamish, Snohomish, and Steilacoom Tribes (“the Three Tribes”), petitioned the United States District Court for Western Washington for relief from the 1979 judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) on the ground that Judge Boldt may have suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in 1979. The United States, the State of Washington, and most tribes…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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