United States v. Michigan

OPINION

FOX, Senior District Judge.

On October 12, 1979, the State of Michigan filed a motion before this court for a partial stay of judgment pending the outcome of its appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The motion was addressed to that portion of this court’s May 7, 1979 declaration D.C., 471 F.Supp. 192, which held that the State lacked authority to regulate fishing by treaty tribe members in waters of the Great Lakes ceded under the Treaty of March 28, 1836 (7 Stat. 491). Included in the State’s application was a proposal which indicated the concept of…