TAUB v. STATE

[No. 123, September Term, 1982.]

296 Md. 439 (1983)

463 A.2d 819

EDWARD TAUB v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robert Miller, with whom were Miller & Steinberg on the brief, for appellant.

Carmina Szunyog, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

Amicus curiae brief of Attorneys for Animal Rights and Attorneys for Animal Rights-Boston, Inc. filed. David Favre, Ruth Flaherty, Karen Levitt, Sarah Luick, Patricia Petow, Wilma Rosenberg, Steven M. Wise and Edward L. Genn on the brief.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


COUCH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is whether the animal cruelty statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol.), Article 27, § 59, is applicable to a research institute conducting medical and scientific research pursuant to a federal program. For reasons to be discussed herein we hold that it is not.

Dr. Edward Taub was the chief scientific investigator in charge of animal research at the Institute for Behavioral Research...

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