Legal Opinion
United States v. Tyler Lang
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 8, 2017No. 16-1459 and 16-1694PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Kevin Johnson and Tyler Lang traveled from California to a mink farm in Illinois where they released approximately 2000 minks from their cages and destroyed or damaged other property on the farm. While on their way to damage a fox farm, Johnson and Lang were arrested on state charges of possession of burglary tools. Johnson and Lang were ultimately charged in federal court with violating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), 18 U.S.C. § 43(a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(C). They moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that: (1) AETA is unconstitutionally…
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