Legal Opinion
Northwest Animal Rights Network v. State
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 25, 2010No. 64415-7-IPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDwyer, C. J.
¶1 Northwest Animal Rights Network and one of its members, Rachel Bjork, contend that portions of our state’s animal cruelty legislation, chapter 16.52 RCW, are unconstitutional. The superior court dismissed the action for several reasons, including that the claim was not justiciable. We agree that the case does not present a justiciable controversy. Accordingly, we affirm.
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¶2 The prevention of cruelty to animals legislation, chapter 16.52 RCW, criminalizes conduct that constitutes animal cruelty. It addresses both the type of conduct that is prohibited and the type of conduct that is…
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