''Sohappy v. Smith'', 302 F. Supp. 899 (D. Or. 1969), was a federal case heard by the

United States District Court for the District of Oregon The United States District Court for the District of Oregon (in case citations, D. Ore. or D. Or.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union ...

, decided in 1969 and amended in 1975. It began with fourteen members of the

Yakama The Yakama are a Native American tribe with nearly 10,851 members, based primarily in eastern Washington state. Yakama people today are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Their Ya ...

who sued the U.S. state of

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

over its fishing regulations. The federal court combined the case with another, ''United States v. Oregon'', in which the U.S. federal government sued the state along with the Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla, and Nez Perce tribes. The ruling issued by judge Robert C. Belloni in 1969 is known as the "Belloni Decision" or the "Fair Share Doctrine." It is an interpretation of the decision in '' Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Washington'' (1968). Belloni's ruling acknowledged the right of several tribes of Native Americans to fish in the

Columbia River The Columbia River ( Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia ...

with minimal regulation by the government of the

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local governments Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

.U.S. v. Oregon
/ref> The rights were further clarified in the "

Boldt Decision ''United States v. Washington'', 384 F. Supp. 312 (W.D. Wash. 1974), aff'd, 520 F.2d 676 (9th Cir. 1975), commonly known as the Boldt Decision (from the name of the trial court judge, George Hugo Boldt), was a legal case in 1974 heard in t ...

" (''United States v. Washington'') of 1974.

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United States Native American case law United States District Court for the District of Oregon cases Land use in Oregon 1969 in United States case law 1969 in Oregon Native American history of Oregon Yakama {{Oregon-stub

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