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PORTER v. DIBLASIO

No. 95-2968.

93 F.3d 301 (1996)

Hugh C. PORTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Susan DIBLASIO, Dane County Humane Society, Paul W. Humphrey, and Dane County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Schooler (argued), P. Scott Hassett, Lawton & Cates, Madison, WI, for Hugh C. Porter.

Meg Vergeront (argued), Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, WI, John M. Moore, Stephen Ehlke (argued), Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, Madison, WI, for Susan DiBlasio, Dane County.

Brian E. Butler, Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, WI, for Dane County Humane Soc.

Richard Perkins, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Paul W. Humphrey.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Dane County officials seized Hugh Porter's nine thoroughbred racehorses and charged the person caring for them with criminal neglect. Without giving Porter notice or an opportunity for a hearing, the Dane County Humane Society terminated Porter's ownership interest in the horses and vested ownership of the horses in itself. The Humane Society then transferred its ownership interest in the horses to new, adoptive owners in exchange for nominal...

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