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NONHUMAN RIGHTS v. STANLEY

152736/15

49 Misc.3d 746 (2015)

16 N.Y.S.3d 898

2015 NY Slip Op 25257

In the Matter of THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, INC., on Behalf of HERCULES and Another, Petitioner, v. SAMUEL L. STANLEY JR., M.D., as President of State University of New York at Stony Brook, Also Known as Stony Brook University, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, New York County.

Decided July 29, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Stein , New Hyde Park, and Steven M. Wise , of the Florida bar, admitted pro hac vice, for petitioner.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Christopher Coulston , and Michael R. Kelkman of counsel), for respondents.

The Center for the Study of The Great Ideas, Inc., New York City ( Bob H. Kohn of counsel), amicus curiae.

Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York City ( Daniel J. Kornstein of counsel), amicus curiae.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioner brings this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70 and under the common law for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Hercules and Leo, two chimpanzees now in the custody of respondent State University of New York at Stony Brook (University). It seeks an order directing respondents to demonstrate...

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