Legal Opinion
United States v. Lawson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2012No. 10-4831, 10-4846, 10-4841, 10-4870, 10-4845, 10-4882PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge O’GRADY joined.
OPINION
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
Scott Lawson and certain other defendants (collectively, Lawson) were convicted by a jury of violating, and conspiring to violate, the animal fighting prohibition of the Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. § 2156(a) (the animal fighting statute), resulting from their participation in “game-fowl derbies,” otherwise known as “cockfighting.” The animal fighting statute prohibits, among other things, “sponsoring]…
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