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133800P.pdf 02/10/2015 United States v. Michael Brown
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-3800
and No: 13-3801
and No: 13-3202
and No: 13-3803
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Smith and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in finding
that the prosecution of the defendants, Chippewa Indians, under the Lacey
Act - 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3382(a)(1) - for gill fishing within the Leech Lake
Reservation violated fishing rights reserved under the 1837 Treaty between
the U.S. and the Chippewa or reserved or implied in the 1855 treaty
establishing the Leech Lake Reservation.