Legal Opinion

State of West Virginia v. Michael and Kim Blatt

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 2015No. 14-0757Separate

1Opinion of the Court

No. 14-0757 - State of West Virginia v. Michael Blatt and Kim Blatt FILED June 16, 2015 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS LOUGHRY, Justice, concurring, in part, and dissenting, in part: OF WEST VIRGINIA Apparently, from the majority’s coign of vantage, the citizens of this State do not deserve the same protection from vicious or dangerous dogs that is enjoyed by cows, goats, pigs, and sheep.1 Once again, the majority grants clemency to a dog that the lower court found to be vicious and dangerous. As I explained in Robinson v. City of Bluefield, 234 W.Va. 209,

764 S.E.2d 740

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. Timothy W. MarklingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  3. Brown v. GobbleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Hearn v. City of Overland ParkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1989

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