United States v. Montana

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is the most recent event in litigation extending over several years involving the Crow Tribe of Indians, the *767United States, and the State of Montana concerning hunting and fishing within the exterior boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation. Prior events included the Supreme Court decision in Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544, 101 S.Ct. 1245, 67 L.Ed.2d 493 (1981), which reversed in part our decision in United States v. State of Montana, 604 F.2d 1162 (9th Cir. 1979), and the judgment of the district court following our remand, 657 F.2d 244, to that…