Legal Opinion
New York City Friends of Ferrets v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 9, 1995No. 93 Civ. 6466 (AGS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER SCHWARTZ, District Judge:
BACKGROUND
New York City Friends of Ferrets, an unincorporated association of individuals in New York City who own or wish to own ferrets as household pets, bring this action challenging the legality of the City of New York’s (the “City”) prohibition against the keeping of ferrets within the City limits and the requirement that in any case where a ferret is reported to have bitten a human being, the ferret be immediately surrendered to the New York City Department of Health (“DOH”) and humanely destroyed in order to conduct a rabies…
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