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High court rejects Wisconsin appeal over tribal night hunts

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)--   The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Wisconsin officials who want to keep in place a decades-old ruling that bars Chippewa tribes from hunting deer at night. 

The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that orders a federal judge to reconsider the ban.

The Chippewa have pushed for years for a night hunt in northern Wisconsin in part of the state the tribes handed over to the federal government in the 19th century.

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled in 1991 that night hunting was too dangerous.

Last year the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered her to re-open that ruling.

The appeals court noted that four other states allow tribal night hunts and said the practice is not likely to pose a safety problem.