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Jennifer Petkus v. Richland County, Wisconsin

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 19, 2014No. 13-3603, 13-3700PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Richland County is a rural county in southwestern Wisconsin. Jennifer Petkus, the plaintiff, owns a property in the county that she calls the Thyme & Sage Ranch and that, as Richland County’s official dogcatcher, she operated as an animal sanctuary until 2009, when she was arrested after an investigation by an animal-cruelty investigator for the ASPCA. The investigation resulted in a search of her property, the termination of her employment as county dogcatcher, and her arrest, followed by prosecution for animal neglect, conviction, and a sentence to three years of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  2. Wilson v. LayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Blum v. YaretskySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Felder v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. United States v. RamirezSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  5. Geboy, Mark v. Oneida CountyDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2020

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