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State of Washington v. Lester Ray Jim

Matthew Brent Leonhard
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Case Conclusion Date: February 9, 2012

Practice Area: Native Peoples Law

Outcome: The Maryhill site is an established Indian reservation, 2012 WL 402051

Description: Whether RCW 37.12.010 confers state criminal jurisdiction over the Maryhill Treaty Access Fishing Site. Tribes maintain that the Maryhill site is both an Indian Reservation and that its creation in 1988 requires tribal consent to application of State jurisdiction due to the 1968 amendments to Public Law 280.