AR-News: RFI, legal cases that challenge nonhumans' property status

[Robert Friedlander]

Here are some other cases.

Brousseau v. Rosenthal, 443 N.Y.S.2d 285, 286 (N.Y. Civ. Ct. 1980)
Animal Hosp. of Elmont v. Gianfrancisco, 418 N.Y.S.2d 992, 994 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1979)
Erwin v. Animal Med. Ctr. 8/29/96 N.Y.L.J. 24 (col. 4) (N.Y. Civ. Ct. 1996)
Matthew v. Klinger, 10/7/97 N.Y.L.J. 29 (col. 3) (N.Y. Civ. Ct. 1997) 
Rabideau v. City of Racine, 627 N.W.2d 795 (Supreme Court of Wisconsin 2001) 

Robert S. Friedlander
Attorney at Law
299 Broadway, Suite 1405
New York, NY  10007
tel 212-227-1100
fax 212-732-6972
robertfriedlander at msn.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joan Dunayer 
  To: AR News 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:46 PM
  Subject: AR-News: RFI, legal cases that challenge nonhumans' property status


  Dear AR Advocate:

  Do you know of any legal cases, other than those listed below, in which a plaintiff, defendant, or judge has explicitly challenged the standard categorization of nonhuman animals as property?

  Corso v. Crawford Dog and Cat Hospital (1979)
  State v. LeVasseur (1980)
  CEASE v. New England Aquarium (1993)
  Bueckner v. Hamel (1994)
  Morgan v. Kroupa (1997)
  Rabideau v. City of Racine (2001)

  Are any such cases underway with regard to nonhuman apes or other animals?

  I need the information for a book I'm writing on speciesism. Thank you for your assistance and for everything you do to help nonhuman animals.

  Joan

  Joan Dunayer (author of Animal Equality: Language and Liberation)
  7806 Fairborn Court
  Derwood, MD 20855-2227
  Phone: 301-330-9547
  Fax: 301-869-2079
  Email: jdunayer at erols.com


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