Animal Law : Cases and Materials

by Waisman, Sonia S.; Frasch, Pamela D.; Wagman, Bruce A.

• ISBN13: 9781594602269
• ISBN10: 1594602263
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr

Summary

The third edition of the premier book on animal law covers a rapidly developing field that is exponentially increasing its presence in both the public eye and on the list of desired classes for law students. In the past ten years, the number of animal law classes in American law schools has gone from less than ten to more than sixty, and this casebook has been used as a model for courses internationally.Animal law is, in its simplest (and broadest) sense, a combination of statutory and decisional law in which the nature-legal, social, or biological-of non-human animals is an important factor. This new edition contains significant reorganization and updating while continuing to present a cohesive format that touches on many areas in which animals affect legal doctrines, caselaw, and legislative direction. Because animal law is not a traditional legal field, the book is largely framed according to traditional legal headings such as tort, contract, criminal, and constitutional law. Each chapter sets out cases and commentary where animal law has begun to develop its own doctrine. In this third edition, the text has been updated and several chapters reorganized and revised to provide even greater clarity and organization than in earlier editions. An important new chapter, collecting cases and commentary on the commercial use of animals, covers diverse areas including agriculture, biomedical research, and entertainment.As in the first two editions, animal law as presented in this book is not synonymous with "animal rights" or with any particular political, moral, or ethical agenda. Rather, it is an objective and logical specialization of a challenging area-one with a growing number of cases and statutes, increasing public and practical interest, and significantly different historical, legal, and philosophical foundations than most other areas of law.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	xv
Preface to the First Edition	xxvii
Preface to the Second Edition	xxix
Preface to the Third Edition	xxxi
Acknowledgments	xxxiii
Editors' Note	xxxv
What Is An Animal?	3	(36)
Section 1. Defining ``Animal''	3	(17)
Knox v. Massachusetts Soc'y for the Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals	3	(1)
Note	4	(1)
Lock v. Falkenstine	5	(3)
Notes	8	(3)
State v. Cleve	11	(3)
Notes	14	(1)
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Espy	15	(1)
Notes	16	(1)
Selected State Statutory Definitions of ``Animal''	17	(2)
Notes	19	(1)
Section 2. ``Domestic'' and ``Wild'' Animals	20	(19)
Holcomb v. van Zylen	21	(1)
Note	21	(1)
United States v. Gideon	22	(1)
Notes	23	(1)
Commonwealth v. Massini	24	(1)
Commonwealth v. Comella	25	(2)
Notes	27	(2)
Bueckner v. Hamel	29	(1)
Notes	30	(1)
City of Rolling Meadows v. Kyle	31	(3)
Notes	34	(5)
Property and Beyond: The Evolution of Rights	39	(32)
Section 1: Slaves	40	(6)
Notes	45	(1)
Section 2: Women	46	(4)
As Chattel	46	(1)
Movement into Traditionally Male-Dominated Fields	47	(3)
Section 3: Children	50	(3)
As Property	51	(1)
The Fourteenth Amendment and Public Schooling	51	(1)
Child Welfare and Children's Rights	52	(1)
Emancipation	52	(1)
Section 4: Mental Incompetents	53	(5)
Disability Rights Movement	54	(2)
Defining Personhood	56	(2)
Conclusion	58	(1)
Section 5: Potential Humans --- Fetuses, Embryos and Prezygotes: Property, Persons or Something in Between?	58	(5)
Section 6: Nonhumans	63	(8)
Notes	68	(3)
Torts	71	(112)
Section 1. Emotional Distress and Loss of Companionship; Punitive Damages in Non-Veterinary Cases	71	(64)
Rabideau v. City of Racine	72	(5)
Notes	77	(1)
Campbell v. Animal Quarantine Station	78	(4)
Notes	82	(1)
New York	83	(1)
Corso v. Crawford Dog and Cat Hospital, Inc.	83	(1)
Notes	84	(1)
Brousseau v. Rosenthal	84	(1)
Notes	85	(1)
Johnson v. Douglas	86	(1)
Notes	87	(2)
Florida	89	(1)
La Porte v. Associated Independents, Inc.	89	(2)
Notes	91	(1)
Kennedy v. BYAS, d/b/a Agape Animal Hospital	92	(1)
Note	93	(2)
Other Jurisdictions	95	(1)
Connecticut	95	(1)
Liotta v. Segur	95	(3)
Notes	98	(3)
Kentucky	101	(1)
Burgess v. Taylor	101	(2)
Notes	103	(1)
Ammon v. Welty	104	(2)
Notes	106	(2)
Ohio	108	(1)
Oberschlake v. Veterinary Associates Animal Hospital	108	(4)
Notes	112	(1)
Oregon	113	(1)
Green v. Leckington	113	(1)
Notes	114	(1)
Lockett v. Hill	115	(2)
Notes	117	(2)
Texas	119	(2)
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. v. Schuster	121	(5)
Notes	126	(2)
California	128	(1)
Katsaris v. Cook	128	(6)
Notes	134	(1)
Section 2. Bailment	135	(4)
David v. Lose	135	(2)
Notes	137	(2)
Section 3. Veterinary Malpractice	139	(17)
Standard of Care	139	(1)
Price v. Brown	139	(4)
Notes	143	(4)
Public Policy	147	(1)
Non-Statutory Bases for Emotional Distress/Valuation of Animals	147	(4)
Using Statutes Applicable to ``Health Care Providers'' to Obtain Non-Economic Damages	151	(2)
Health care providers	153	(1)
Injured plaintiff	153	(2)
Professional negligence	155	(1)
Legislative intent	155	(1)
Section 4. Alternative Causes of Action	156	(5)
Constitutional Causes of Action in Cases of Tortious Harm to Companion Animals By Public Officials	156	(2)
Private Right of Action	158	(1)
Pain and Suffering of an Animal	159	(1)
Intentional Interference with the Primary Interests of an Animal	160	(1)
Section 5. Strict Liability and Negligence---Injuries Caused by Animals	161	(22)
Baugh v. Beatty	161	(2)
Notes	163	(3)
Drake v. Dean	166	(9)
Notes	175	(8)
Constitutional Law	183	(124)
Section 1. Legal Standing, Justiciability and Other Limiting Doctrines	183	(89)
Jones v. Beame	184	(2)
Notes	186	(1)
Sierra Club v. Morton	187	(9)
Notes	196	(3)
Animal Lovers Volunteer Ass'n, Inc. v. Weinberger	199	(1)
Notes	200	(1)
Humane Society of the United States v. Hodel	201	(11)
Notes	212	(4)
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife	216	(10)
Notes	226	(1)
Citizens to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation, Inc. v. New England Aquarium	227	(7)
Notes	234	(1)
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. ESPY	234	(8)
Notes	242	(1)
Bennett v. Spear	243	(3)
Note	246	(1)
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Glickman	246	(14)
Notes	260	(2)
Alternatives Research & Development Foundation v. Glickman	262	(5)
Humane Society of Rochester and Monroe County for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc. v. Lyng	267	(4)
Note	271	(1)
Section 2. First Amendment	272	(24)
Free Exercise of Religion	272	(1)
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah	272	(12)
Notes	284	(1)
Freedom of Speech --- Hunter Harassment Statutes	284	(1)
Dorman v. Satti	285	(4)
Notes	289	(2)
State v. Miner	291	(4)
Notes	295	(1)
Section 3. Due Process---Challenges and Claims	296	(11)
American Dog Owners Association v. The City of Yakima	296	(3)
Notes	299	(1)
Garcia v. the Village of Tijeras	299	(6)
Notes	305	(2)
Commercial Uses of Animals	307	(162)
Section 1. Animals Raised and Slaughtered for Food	307	(67)
McDonald's Corporation v. Steel	309	(23)
Notes	332	(8)
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Tyson Foods, Inc.	340	(1)
Notes	341	(1)
Animal Legal Defense Fund Boston, Inc. v. Provimi Veal Corp.	342	(6)
Notes	348	(11)
Humane Slaughter Acts	359	(1)
Jones v. Butz	360	(7)
Notes	367	(1)
Farm Sanctuary, Inc. v. Department of Food and Agriculture	368	(6)
Notes	374	(1)
Section 2. The Animal Welfare Act and Animals in Research	374	(42)
AWA Overview	374	(2)
Scientific, Legal and Public Debate	376	(3)
Case Law	379	(1)
Taub v. State	379	(3)
Notes	382	(4)
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Horinko	386	(5)
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Leavitt	391	(1)
Notes	392	(2)
Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. v. Glickman	394	(5)
Notes	399	(4)
Technology and Nonhumans	403	(1)
Background	403	(1)
Transgenic Animals Versus Cloned Animals	403	(1)
Patent Act	404	(1)
Animal Patenting	404	(1)
Diamond v. Chakrabarty	404	(1)
Ex Parte Allen	405	(1)
1987 PTO Rule	405	(1)
The ``Harvard Mouse''	406	(1)
Failed Animal Patent Bill	406	(1)
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Quigg	407	(1)
Chimeras, the Moral Utility Requirement, and the Question of What is ``Human''	408	(2)
Animal Cloning	410	(1)
Dolly and the Cloning of Mammals	410	(2)
Benefits and Dangers	412	(2)
The ``Living Factory''/``Spare Parts'' Cloning Mentality and the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)	414	(1)
FDA and the Products of Cloned Cattle	414	(1)
Cloning of Companion Animals	415	(1)
Section 3. Other Commercial Uses of Animals	416	(53)
Circuses and Zoos	417	(1)
Born Free USA v. Norton	418	(10)
Notes	428	(1)
Hagan v. Feld Entertainment, Inc. d/b/a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus	429	(3)
Notes	432	(1)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Bobby Berosini, LTD.	433	(11)
Notes	444	(1)
Television and Film	445	(2)
People v. Voelker	447	(3)
Notes	450	(1)
People v. Thomason	451	(4)
Notes	455	(1)
Commercial Breeding and Sale of Dogs	456	(1)
Doris Day Animal League v. Veneman	456	(4)
Notes	460	(2)
Hunting, Racing and Sport or Show Exhibitions	462	(1)
Hunting	462	(1)
Rodeos	463	(2)
Animal Fighting	465	(1)
Animal Racing	465	(2)
Notes	467	(2)
Criminal Law	469	(72)
Section 1. Historical Perspective	469	(3)
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals	469	(3)
Notes	472	(1)
Section 2. Overview of State Anti-Cruelty Statutes	472	(5)
Introduction	472	(1)
Common Provisions	473	(1)
Common Exemptions	474	(1)
Issues and Challenges Facing Prosecutors and Law Enforcement	474	(3)
Section 3. Affirmative Acts of Cruelty	477	(16)
Celinski v. State	477	(4)
Notes	481	(1)
Labarbera v. Ulster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	482	(1)
People v. Bunt	483	(3)
Notes	486	(3)
People v. Dunn	489	(1)
Notes	490	(1)
State v. Bruner	491	(1)
Notes	492	(1)
Section 4. Failure to Act	493	(12)
Martinez v. State	493	(2)
Notes	495	(2)
People v. Youngblood	497	(3)
Notes	500	(1)
State v. Schott	501	(3)
Notes	504	(1)
Section 5. Animal Fighting	505	(9)
Cockfighting	505	(1)
Brackett v. State	505	(1)
Notes	506	(1)
Dogfighting	507	(1)
Ash v. State	507	(3)
Notes	510	(1)
Hargrove v. State	511	(2)
Notes	513	(1)
Section 6. State-Sanctioned Activities	514	(13)
Hunting	514	(1)
Boushehry v. State	514	(5)
Notes	519	(1)
Mohler v. Labor Day Committee, Inc.	519	(4)
Notes	523	(1)
Waters v. People	524	(3)
Notes	527	(1)
Section 7. Cross-Protecting: The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence	527	(14)
Introduction	527	(3)
Case Law	530	(1)
Schambon v. Commonwealth	530	(3)
Notes	533	(1)
State v. Thompson	534	(1)
People v. Brian	535	(2)
Notes	537	(2)
Florida Board of Bar Examiners re P.K.B.	539	(1)
Notes	540	(1)
Contracts	541	(46)
Section 1. Landlord/Tenant Disputes and Other Housing Issues	541	(11)
Young v. Savinon	541	(4)
Notes	545	(7)
Section 2. Condominium Law	552	(14)
Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Association	553	(9)
Notes	562	(4)
Section 3. Marital Dissolution: Custody Disputes	566	(6)
Akers v. Sellers	566	(1)
Bennett v. Bennett	567	(1)
Arrington v. Arrington	568	(1)
In re Marriage of Stewart	569	(1)
Notes	570	(2)
Section 4. The Sale of ``Goods'' and ``Products''	572	(9)
William C. Mitchell, LTD. v. Brown	573	(6)
Notes	579	(2)
Section 5. Insurance	581	(6)
Homeowners' Insurance Policies	581	(4)
Other Types of Insurance	585	(2)
Wills and Trusts	587	(32)
Section 1. Validity of Will Provisions Providing for the Destruction of Companion Animals upon Testator's Death	587	(12)
In re Capers Estate	587	(5)
In re Estate of Howard H. Brand	592	(5)
Notes	597	(2)
Section 2. Validity of Will Provisions Providing for the Care of Companion Animals upon Testator's Death: Historical Perspective	599	(17)
In re Howells' Estate	599	(4)
Note	603	(1)
In re Renner's Estate	604	(1)
In re Lyon's Estate	605	(4)
In re Searight's Estate	609	(4)
Notes	613	(3)
Section 3. Companion Animal Trusts Under Modern Statutes	616	(3)
Selected Federal Statutes	619	(72)
Section 1. Endangered Species Act	619	(24)
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill	623	(6)
Notes	629	(1)
Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon	630	(11)
Notes	641	(2)
Section 2. Marine Mammal Protection Act	643	(24)
Committee For Humane Legislation v. Richardson	643	(7)
Notes	650	(6)
Animal Welfare Institute v. Kreps	656	(5)
Notes	661	(1)
United States v. Mitchell	661	(5)
Notes	666	(1)
Section 3. Wild Horses and Burros Act	667	(12)
Animal Protection Institute of America, Inc. v. Hodel	668	(3)
Notes	671	(2)
Fallini v. Hodel	673	(5)
Notes	678	(1)
Section 4. Animal Damage Control Act	679	(2)
Section 5. National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act	681	(4)
Section 6. Refuge Recreation Act	685	(2)
Section 7. National Environmental Policy Act	687	(4)
Epilogue	691	(4)
Appendix A Definitions of ``Wild Animal'' in Selected State Statutes	695	(4)
Appendix B Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-17-403 (``General Patton Act,'' fka ``T-Bo Act'')	699	(1)
50 Ill. Comp. Stat. 70/16.3 (``Humane Care for Animals Act'')	700	(1)
Appendix C Pamphlet at issue in McDonald's v. Steel	701	(8)
Appendix D Or. Rev. Stat. § 128.308 (Oregon Companion Animal Trust Statute)	709	(2)
Appendix E Sample Companion Animal Trust	711	(2)
Index	713