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No. 475438
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
International Primate Protection League, a Non-Profit Corporation Animal Law Enforcement Association, a Corporation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., a Corporation Alex Hershaft Pamela Chapman Jo Shoesmith Virginia Bourquardez Peter W. Solem, Esq. And Bertha K. Solem and Sherryl R. Thomas, for Themselves and the Class v. Institute for Behavioral Research, Inc., a Corporation or Its Successors in Interest and as Agents and Officers Richard W. Swain, Jr., Sergeant, Montgomery County Police and National Institutes of Health Animal Laboratory, Poolesville, Maryland, a Branch of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services and Their Successors, and James v. Stunkard, D.V.M., America College of Surgeons, Amici Curiae
No. 475438 · Decided September 4, 1986
No. 475438·Fourth Circuit · 1986·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
September 4, 1986
Citation
No. 475438
Disposition
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International Primate Protection League, a Non-Profit Corporation Animal Law Enforcement Association, a Corporation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., a Corporation Alex Hershaft Pamela Chapman Jo Shoesmith Virginia Bourquardez Peter W. Solem, Esq. And Bertha K. Solem and Sherryl R. Thomas, for Themselves and the Class v. Institute for Behavioral Research, Inc., a Corporation or Its Successors in Interest and as Agents and Officers Richard W. Swain, Jr., Sergeant, Montgomery County Police and National Institutes of Health Animal Laboratory, Poolesville, Maryland, a Branch of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services and Their Successors, and James v. Stunkard, D.V.M., America College of Surgeons, Amici Curiae is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for International Primate Protection League, a Non-Profit Corporation Animal Law Enforcement Association, a Corporation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., a Corporation Alex Hershaft Pamela Chapman Jo Shoesmith Virginia Bourquardez Peter W. Solem, Esq. And Bertha K. Solem and Sherryl R. Thomas, for Themselves and the Class v. Institute for Behavioral Research, Inc., a Corporation or Its Successors in Interest and as Agents and Officers Richard W. Swain, Jr., Sergeant, Montgomery County Police and National Institutes of Health Animal Laboratory, Poolesville, Maryland, a Branch of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services and Their Successors, and James v. Stunkard, D.V.M., America College of Surgeons, Amici Curiae in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on September 4, 1986.
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