PEOPLE EX REL. v. LAVERY

518336.

124 A.D.3d 148 (2014)

998 N.Y.S.2d 248

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, INC., on Behalf of TOMMY, Appellant, v. PATRICK C. LAVERY, Individually and as an Officer of CIRCLE L TRAILER SALES, INC., et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided December 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Stein , New Hyde Park, and Steven M. Wise , admitted pro hac vice, Coral Springs, Florida, for appellant.

LAHTINEN, GARRY, ROSE and LYNCH, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The subject of this litigation is a chimpanzee, known as Tommy, that is presently being kept by respondents on their property in the City of Gloversville, Fulton County. On behalf of Tommy, petitioner sought an order to show cause to commence a habeas corpus proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70 on the...

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