Legal Opinion
Mescalero Apache Tribe v. New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1980No. 78-1790PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a challenge to the State of New Mexico’s attempt to regulate the management and harvesting of wildlife resources within the boundaries of the Mescalero Apache reservation. The Tribe carried its challenge to the district court *726where it secured a judgment declaring that the State may not apply its hunting and fishing laws to any person, Indian or non-Indian, within the boundaries of the tribal reservation. The court also enjoined the State from enforcing its game laws “against any person either on the Reservation or after they [sic] have left the…
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