Legal Opinion
O'Neill v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 8, 2011No. 10-5699PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is perhaps the dog-gonest case ever to reach a federal appellate court. In October 2008, several uniformed officers of the Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS) intruded into the O’Neills’ home without a warrant and without consent, confiscated the O’Neills’ two adult dogs and the dogs’ litter of seven puppies, neutered and spayed the adult dogs and implanted microchips in all nine animals, and then required the O’Neills to pay over $1,000 to retrieve them, all without any formal charges ever being lodged against the O’Neills.
The district court…
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