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MEXICAN v. CIRCLE BEAR

No. 14917.

370 N.W.2d 737 (1985)

Mabel MEXICAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Irene CIRCLE BEAR and Sarah Mexican, Defendants and Appellees, and Campbell Paula Quinn Funeral Home, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Depree of Dakota Plains Legal Services, Eagle Butte, for plaintiff and appellant.

Ramon Roubideaux, Rapid City, for defendants and appellees.

Keith A. Tidball of Tidball & Johnson, Pierre, for amicus curiae Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; B. Kevin Gover of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court quashing a temporary restraining order and releasing the body of Charles Mexican, deceased, to his sisters, Irene Circle Bear and Sarah Mexican. We reverse and remand with directions to give recognition to the order of the Cheyenne River Tribal Court.

Charles Mexican and Mabel Mexican (for convenience we will refer to decedent and the parties...

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