Peck v. Dunn

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff, Pamela Peck, was charged with the offense of cruelty to animals, in violation of Title 16, Chapter 3, Section 28, Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake County, in that “at Peck Farm, at 8:50 p. m. on the 8th day of January, 1977 . . . [she did] keep or use an animal ... to wit: a game cock, for the purpose of fighting . or [that she] was a party to or present as a spectator at such fighting . . . .”

In order to arrest that prosecution, she brought this action against the County Commission seeking a declaratory judgment that the ordinance is unconstitutional on the…