Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 9, 1981, Nos. 80-1085, 80-1086, 80-1088, 80-1116, 80-1117, 80-1118, 80-1206, 80-1219, 80-1208, 80-1205, and 80-1214 (United States v. Baker)

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1977 and on June 6, 1978, District Judge Boldt issued injunctions to manage the Washington salmon fishing industry while the state and the United States litigated the fishing rights of treaty Indians.1 Defendants are nine of more than 200 fishers prosecuted for criminal contempt for violating the 1978 injunction.