Legal Opinion
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas v. Chacon
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided April 6, 1999No. 5:99-cv-00014PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF, VACATING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND GRANTING JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANTS ON THE MERITS
ORLANDO L. GARCIA, District Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (the “Tribe”) can prevent authorities of the State of Texas from disinterring the body of one of its tribe members, Ms. Norma Rodriguez, in order to conduct an autopsy to determine how she died. It brings into play the clash between the Tribe’s sincerely held religious beliefs and the State’s interest in assuring that the death was not…
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