Tulee v. Washington
| Tulee v. Washington | |
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| Argued March 3, 1942 Decided March 30, 1942 | |
| Full case name | Sampson Tulee v. State of Washington |
| Citations | 315 U.S. 681 (more) 62 S. Ct. 862; 86 L. Ed. 1115; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 784 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | State v. Tulee, 7 Wash.2d 124, 109 P.2d 280 (Wash. 1941) |
| Holding | |
| The Washington statute prescribing license fees for fishing is invalid as applied to a Yakima Indian convicted on a charge of catching salmon with a net without first having obtained a license, in view of the Treaty with Yakima Indians securing to them the exclusive right of taking fish in all streams running through or bordering reservation and right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places in common with citizens of Washington. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Black |
Tulee v. Washington, 315 U.S. 681 (1942), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Washington statute prescribing license fees for fishing is invalid as applied to a Yakama convicted on a charge of catching salmon with a net without first having obtained a license, in view of the 1855 treaty at the Walla Walla Council securing to them the exclusive right of taking fish in all streams running through or bordering reservation and right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places in common with citizens of Washington.