United States v. Washington

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United States v. Washington is a landmark federal court case that affirmed and clarified Pacific Northwest Native American tribes’ treaty fishing rights, significantly shaping U.S. Indian law and natural resource management.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Indian law case ⓘ
federal court case ⓘ
fisheries law case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
affects state regulatory authority over fisheries ⓘ
tribal sovereignty over natural resources ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Boldt Decision ⓘ
appealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
basedOn Stevens Treaties ⓘ
Treaty of Medicine Creek ⓘ
Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ
Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ
Treaty of Point No Point ⓘ
category United States District Court case for the Western District of Washington ⓘ
United States Native American case law ⓘ
United States environmental case law ⓘ
citation 384 F. Supp. 312 ⓘ
clarified meaning of the phrase "in common with" in Stevens Treaties ⓘ
scope of tribal co-management authority over fisheries ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Western District of Washington ⓘ
decisionDate 1974-02-12 ⓘ
defendant State of Washington ⓘ
followedBy United States v. Washington (culverts subproceeding) ⓘ
subsequent enforcement and implementation subproceedings ⓘ
geographicScope Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
heldThat state regulation of treaty fishing must meet strict standards and cannot abrogate treaty rights ⓘ
treaty fishing rights are reserved rights not granted rights ⓘ
treaty tribes are entitled to up to 50 percent of harvestable fish in their usual and accustomed fishing grounds ⓘ
impact significantly shaped U.S. Indian law ⓘ
significantly shaped natural resource management in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
strengthened enforcement of Native American treaty rights ⓘ
involves Pacific Northwest Native American tribes ⓘ
Washington State fisheries regulations ⓘ
judge George Hugo Boldt ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal courts ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
legalArea Native American law ⓘ
fisheries management ⓘ
natural resources law ⓘ
treaty rights ⓘ
plaintiff United States of America ⓘ
recognized tribal rights to fish at usual and accustomed places ⓘ
relatedCase Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Association ⓘ
resultedIn increased tribal participation in natural resource governance ⓘ
major restructuring of fisheries management in Washington State ⓘ
recognition of tribal co-management of fisheries with the State of Washington ⓘ
subjectMatter treaty-secured off-reservation fishing rights ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Puyallup Tribe → involvedIn → United States v. Washington ⓘ
Treaty of Point No Point → relatedToCase → United States v. Washington ⓘ
Treaty of Neah Bay → citedIn → United States v. Washington ⓘ
United States v. Washington → followedBy → United States v. Washington (culverts subproceeding) ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Washington
United States v. Washington → relatedCase → Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Association ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Washington
Billy Frank Jr. → legalCaseAssociatedWith → United States v. Washington (Boldt Decision) ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Washington