United Pet Supply, Inc. v. City of Chattanooga, Tennessee

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

In June 2010, Animal Care Trust (“MeKamey”), a private non-profit corporation that contracted with the City of Chattanooga to provide animal-welfare services, received complaints of neglect and unsanitary conditions at a mall pet store owned by United Pet Supply, Inc. (“Pet Supply”). MeKamey employees Karen Walsh and Marvin Nicholson, Jr. went to the store to investigate and discovered animals in unpleasant conditions, without water, and with no working air conditioner in the store. Walsh and Nicholson, aided by MeKamey employee Paula Hurn, proceeded…