KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS v. CHACON

No. Civ.A. DR-99-CA-14-OG.

46 F.Supp.2d 644 (1999)

KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS, Plaintiffs, v. Martha CHACON and the State of Texas, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Del Rio Division.

April 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto L. Rodriguez, Attorney at Law, Eagle Pass, TX, Ricardo Calderon, Attorney at Law, San Antonio, TX, for plaintiffs.

Michael Winget-Hernandez, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, Ernest G. Mireles, Maverick County Attorney, Eagle Pass, TX, for defendants.


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...

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