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United States v. Washington

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 23, 2015 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:05, 7 October 2015 (UTC)



United States v. Washington was a 1974 case heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. It reaffirmed the reserved right of American Indian tribes in the State of Washington to act alongside the state as co-managers of salmon and other fish, and to continue harvesting them in accordance with the various treaties that the United States had signed with the tribes. The tribes of Washington had ceded their land to the United States but had reserved the right to fish as they had always done (pictured), including fishing at their traditional locations that were off the designated reservations. The decision of federal judge George Hugo Boldt defined after a long trial a reserved right that the tribes were entitled to half the fish harvest each year. In 1975 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Judge Boldt's ruling and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. After the state refused to enforce the court order, Boldt ordered the Coast Guard to enforce his rulings. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that "[b]oth sides have a right, secured by treaty, to take a fair share of the available fish."
 * Most recent similar article(s): 27 May
 * Main editors: GregJackP
 * Promoted: Sep 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: decision in 1975, 40 years ago,-better this year than next
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:40, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support most assuredly for the significance of events which are the article's main topic. Atsme 📞📧 17:45, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. An excellent article about an extremely important case! -- Notecardforfree (talk) 17:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)