PEOPLE FOR ETHICAL TREATMENT v. IACUC

CC 88C-11844; CA A60341; SC S37441.

817 P.2d 1299 (1991)

312 Or. 95

PEOPLE FOR the ETHICAL TREATMENT of Animals, Petitioner On Review, v. INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Respondents On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reassigned August 14, 1991.

Decided September 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen L. Johnson of Johnson & Kloos, Eugene, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With him on the petition was Mary C. Scurlock, Eugene.

Rives Kistler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents on review. With him on the response were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen. and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before CARSON, P.J., and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, FADELEY, UNIS and GRABER, JJ.


GILLETTE, Justice.

The issue in this administrative law case is whether People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has standing, as an aggrieved person, to challenge an order of the University of Oregon's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approving, as consistent with federal guidelines, proposed research on the auditory system of barn owls. The circuit court granted IACUC's motion to dismiss PETA's petition on the ground that PETA lacked...

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