Legal Opinion
Daskalea v. WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 2, 2010No. Civil Action 03-2074 (CKK)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are self-described pet owners in the District of Columbia who allege that their pets were seized, detained, and damaged by Defendants without due process of the law. Presently at issue is Plaintiffs’ allegation in Count II of their Amended Complaint that the District of Columbia’s Freedom from Cruelty to Animal Protection Act, D.C.Code § 22-1001 et seq. (hereinafter, the “Act”), is facially unconstitutional because it fails to provide animal owners with a meaningful right to contest the seizure, detention, and terms of…
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