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Washington justices void 1916 tribal rights ruling as racist

by Associated Press
| July 11, 2020 12:03 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's Supreme Court on Friday vacated a 1916 ruling that allowed a prosecutor to bring criminal charges against a tribal fisherman as racist and unjust.

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