People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee

The issue in this administrative law case is whether People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has standing, as an aggrieved person, to challenge an order of the University of Oregon’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approving, as consistent with federal guidelines, proposed research on the auditory system of barn owls. The circuit court granted IACUC’s motion to dismiss PETA’s petition , on the ground that PETA lacked standing under the Oregon Administrative Procedures Act (APA). The Court of Appeals affirmed. People for Ethical Treatment v. Inst. Animal Care,…