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JONES v. BUTZ

No. 73 Civ. 1.

374 F.Supp. 1284 (1974)

Helen E. JONES as next friend and guardian for all livestock animals now and hereafter awaiting slaughter in the United States, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Earl S. BUTZ, as Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

April 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Mark Holzer, New York City, P. C., of counsel, for plaintiffs c/o Society for Animal Rights, Inc.; Erika Holzer, New York City, on the brief.

Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendants; Steven J. Glassman, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.

Leo Pfeffer, New York City, for intervenors/amici Joint Advisory Committee of the Synagogue Council of America, and others.

Nathan Lewin, Washington, D. C., for intervenors/amici National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, and others; Sidney Kwestel, New York City, of counsel.

Before FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge, and PALMIERI and BONSAL, District Judges.

PALMIERI, District Judge.

This action involves a challenge, under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment,1 to the Humane Slaughter Act (the Act), 7 U. S.C. § 1901 et seq. (1970),2 and in particular to the provisions relating to ritual slaughter as defined in the Act and which plaintiffs suggest involve the Government in the dietary...

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