Legal Opinion
People v. LeBlanc
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 1976No. Docket Nos. 56547, 56567, (Calendar Nos. 6, 7)PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
Defendant A. B. LeBlanc, a Chippewa Indian and an enrolled member of the Bay Mills Indian Community, was arrested on September 28, 1971 in Pendills Bay of Lake Superior about 20 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie by a conservation officer for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and charged with fishing commercially without a license and with fishing with an illegal device, a gill net. He was convicted of both charges in district court.
Defendant’s appeal of these convictions presents complex issues involving, on the one hand, the existence and continued vitality of fishing rights for…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Oneida Indian Nation v. County of OneidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by34 opinions
- LAC Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. VoigtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. MichiganDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1979
- United States v. State Of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Michigan United Conservation Clubs v. AnthonyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
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