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UNITED STATES v. ABEYTA

Crim. No. 85-79-JB.

632 F.Supp. 1301 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jose I. ABEYTA, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

April 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer A. Salisbury, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M., for plaintiff.

S. James Anaya, Albuquerque, N.M., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BURCIAGA, District Judge.

THIS CASE requires the court to consider competing claims to a treasured bird, the eagle: the claim of the American people to the eagle as the symbol of their national unity, strength, and purpose, and the claim of the Indian people of the New Mexico pueblos to the eagle as the overseer of human life and the messenger to the spirit world. In this action, the government's legitimate cultural and conservation interests...

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