Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation

435 U.S. 903 | SCOTUS | 1978

Appeal from C. A. 9th Cir. Probable jurisdiction noted. The parties are directed to address the following issue: “Whether the partial geographic and subject matter jurisdiction exercised by the State of Washington within the Yakima Indian Reservation pursuant to Public Law 280 violates either the statutory requirements of Public Law 280 or the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”