Legal Opinion
Bilida v. McCleod
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 8, 2000No. 99-1263PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
The sad history of this section 1988 case began in or around 1988 when Claire Bili-da rescued an orphaned raccoon thereafter named “Mia.” Bilida and her family raised the raccoon as a pet and kept her in a cage attached to the back of the family’s home in Warwick, Rhode Island. Mia lived there for seven years until she was seized and destroyed in August 1995 by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“the Department”) in the episode that provoked this suit for violation of Bilida’s constitutional rights.
On August 8, 1995, a Warwick police officer named…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by102 opinions
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- Anthony v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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