'Head hunter,
The decision rendered by Judge Boldt that was (successfully) appealed by several tribes had nothing to do with what is generally thought of, and referred to, as the "Boldt Decision" (that is, the decision involving treaty fishing rights and the allocation of harvestable fish). It was an entirely different case and involved recognition of the legal existence of several tribes. In this particular case Boldt's finding was that these tribes had no legal existence. His ruling was overturned years later and the primary basis for the final decision was that he had, in his later years, begun to suffer from Alzheimer's disease.