Legal Opinion
New York Pet Welfare Association, Inc. v. New York City
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 2, 2017No. 15-4013PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD R. KORMAN, District Judge:
Home to more than a million dogs and cats, 1 New York City (collectively with two individual defendants, “the City”) has long worked to address a tangle of problems surrounding the companion animal business — including irresponsible breeding of animals destined for the City market, their subsequent sale to unwitting consumers, and an overpopulation of unwanted animals. Armed with a new grant of authority from the Legislature, the City enacted a package of laws in 2015 that aimed to mitigate these issues by regulating the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops.
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