Legal Opinion
State v. Stockton
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided December 24, 1958No. 1127PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHELPS, Justice.
An information was filed against the defendants charging them with cruelty to animals in violation of A.R.S. § 13-951 in that they “conducted a cockfight, during which fight said gamecocks were subjected to needless, suffering.” Defendants filed a motion to quash the information upon the ground that it does not state a public offense and in their argument contended that: (1) a gamecock is not an animal within the meaning of the statute, (2) the term “needless suffering” is limited to acts done for the purpose only of causing suffering, (3) the terms “animal” and “needless…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Ernst v. CollinsArizona Supreme Court · 1956
- Isley v. School District No. 2 of Maricopa CountyArizona Supreme Court · 1956
- State of Arizona v. MendersonArizona Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Sellinger v. Freeway Mobile Home Sales, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1974
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- Department of Revenue v. Southern Union Gas Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1978
- Lock v. FalkenstineCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- State v. TaborTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
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