Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Jun 7, 2018

Thepetition of the day is:
17-1592
Issue:Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in conflict with the decisions of the Supreme Court and other courts, properly held that the Treaty of Olympias grant of a right of taking fish to the Quileute Indian Tribe and Quinault Indian Nation includes a right of whaling and sealing, and extends beyond areas in which the Tribes customarily fished to areas in which they hunted marine mammalsincluding whales and fur seals, effectively extending the Tribes fishing rights by 2,400 square miles.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Jun. 7, 2018, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/06/petition-of-the-day-1396/