General Electric Co. v. District of Columbia

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• holding that United States could adequately represent tribes’ interests because there was no direct conflict between tribes and the United States, or between the tribes themselves
• holding that Indian tribes were necessary parties in challenge to regulation promulgated by Secretary of Commerce that increased tribes’ fishing quota because adverse ruling would terminate tribes’ fishing rights
• concluding, in a challenge to fishing regulations, that the United States adequately represented tribes who were, therefore, not necessary parties
• noting that challenges to earlier allocations were moot but that challenge to framework regulation [upon which present allocation was based] was not moot
• stating that “[b]ecause we conclude that the Tribes are not necessary parties, we need not consider whether they are indispensable parties under Rule 19(b)”
• concluding, in a challenge to fishing regulations, that the United States adequately represented tribes who were, therefore, not necessary parties

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