Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v. Lavery
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 4, 2014PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Peters, PJ.
The subject of this litigation is a chimpanzee, known as Tommy, that is presently being kept by respondents on their property in the City of Gloversville, Fulton County. On behalf of Tommy, petitioner sought an order to show cause to commence a habeas corpus proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70 on the ground that Tommy was being unlawfully detained by respondents. In support, petitioner submitted the affidavits of several experts in an effort to establish that, in general, chimpanzees have attributes sufficient to consider them “persons” for the purposes of…
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