Legal Opinion
United States v. Leonard Fridall Terry Antoine
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2003No. 02-30008PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
This case once again pits the federal government’s efforts to save the bald eagle from extinction against the bird’s profound significance to Native spirituality. Appellant Leonard Fridall Terry Antoine, a member of a Canadian Indian tribe, is spending two years in prison for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 668-668d. We must decide whether his conviction violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb to 2000bb-4.
1. Antoine is a member of the Cowi-chan Band of the Salish Indian Tribe in British…
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