USA, et al v. State of Washington, et al

  1. August 06, 2021

    Judge Vacates Past Ruling In Tribal Fishing Rights Row

    A Washington federal court on Friday ruled in the Lummi Nation's favor in a suit revisiting a longtime fishing rights dispute, cementing a Ninth Circuit decision that found the Native American tribe isn't encroaching on waters in other tribes' homelands.

  2. October 20, 2020

    Wash. Tribe Says Court Shouldn't End Fishing Dispute

    A Native American tribe said the details of its fishing activities are too complicated for a Washington federal judge to decide at this stage of litigation with another tribe on whether fishing is happening in the wrong area.

  3. October 05, 2020

    Wash. Tribe Can't Block Rival's Fishing Plans Just Yet

    A Washington federal judge shot down a Native American tribe's efforts to immediately close another tribe's allegedly illegal fishing area in a section of the Skagit River, finding that it hasn't shown how it will be irreparably harmed by its rival's new fishery.

  4. July 06, 2020

    Tribes Poke At 'Illogical' Lummi Nation Bid To Fish For Crab

    Three Pacific Northwest tribes on Friday continued their effort to keep the Lummi Nation of Washington out of their fishing waters, with the Tulalip Tribes claiming "substantial misrepresentations" as the Lummi fights to begin winter crab fishing north of Seattle.

  5. June 02, 2020

    Tribes Ask For Quick Win In Puget Sound Fishing Dispute

    Three Native American tribes have asked a Washington federal judge to stop the Lummi Nation from acting on its plans to begin winter crab fishing in their essential fishing territories north of Seattle in violation of a federal fishing plan, saying that the tribe has only recently decided to fish there after staying away for 45 years.

  6. April 22, 2020

    Oyster Co. Blocked From Shellfishing On Tribal Tidelands

    A Washington federal court has blocked Gold Coast Oyster LLC from harvesting shellfish from any tidelands in the Hood Canal west of Seattle until it stops violating a fishing plan meant to resolve a yearslong dispute with the Skokomish Indian Tribe and other tribes.

  7. November 14, 2019

    Lummi Nation's Crab Fishing Blocked By Wash. Judge

    A Washington federal judge on Wednesday halted the Lummi Nation's plans to take part in winter crab fishing in an area off the state's coast, saying three other tribes that have long fished those waters had shown that letting the Lummi join in could hurt them economically and culturally.

  8. November 05, 2019

    Tribes Seek To Block Lummi Nation From Crab Fishing

    Three Washington tribes have urged a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order to block another tribe, the Lummi Nation, from opening a crab fishery in Puget Sound waters, seeking to lessen the Lummi's impact on the tribal harvest's "zero sum game."

  9. October 18, 2019

    Washington Tribe Hit With Suit Over Proposed Crab Fishery

    Three tribal groups have asked a Washington federal judge to ban a competing tribe from opening a crab fishery in Puget Sound waters where it hasn't been permitted to fish in 45 years, saying the tribe's proposed operation threatens to upset the state's crab harvest quotas.

  10. July 12, 2019

    Tribal Fishing Dispute Comes To 'Unsatisfactory' End In Wash.

    A Washington federal judge provided a self-described "unsatisfactory resolution" to a dispute over tribal fishing rights in an area near Seattle, saying there's nothing left to decide after the Ninth Circuit determined the Lummi Nation could fish in the fought-over waters.