Legal Opinion
United States v. John Terrence Big Eagle
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1989No. 88-5272PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
John Terrence Big Eagle, a member of the Crow Creek Indian Tribe, was charged in federal court with violations of the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(1) and 3373(d)(1)(B), which prohibit fishing in violation of a tribal law. The Crow Creek Reservation is located on the eastern banks of the Missouri River in South Dakota. The Lower Brule Reservation lies on the other side of the Missouri River, stretching to the mid-point of the channel. In 1987, Big Eagle engaged in a commercial fishing operation on the Missouri River, using a net, and admittedly stretched the net…
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