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Two Chimpanzees Given the Right for Writ of Habeas Corpus as Legal Persons

Summary: Two chimpanzees used at a university for biomedical tests have been given the status of legal persons for a…

Duke Law Names New Dean

Summary: Duke Law named the vice provost for faculty affairs at the University of Virginia as the new dean of…

Do Elephants Qualify for ‘Personhood?’

Summary: An animal rights group is suing for elephants being kept at the Connecticut Zoo to receive legal personhood. An…

Court Rules Chimpanzees Are Not Persons

Summary: The Nonhuman Rights Project has been working to obtain the legal rights of personhood for a pair of locked…

New Zealand River Granted Personhood

Summary: The Whanganui River in New Zealand was granted the legal status of a person in order to protect the…

Chimps Not ‘Legal Persons,’ Court Rules

Summary: A New York judge has ruled that, for purposes of habeas corpus, chimpanzees are not legal persons. A New…

Court Rules Orangutan Can Be Freed from Buenos Aires Zoo

  Summary: An orangutan being held in a Buenos Aires zoo has been freed by a court ruling.  An Argentine zoo…

Court Ruling: Chimpanzees Are Not Legal Persons

Summary: A New York appeals court has ruled that a chimpanzee should not have legal "personhood." According to LiveScience.com, yesterday,…

Activist Lawyer Asks Judge to Free Pet Chimpanzee

Steven Wise originally hoped to file lawsuits on behalf of seven chimpanzees being held in captivity. Steven Wise, author of…

Former Queens Council for Special Litigation Wraps Up Her Old Work After Moving to Barket Marion

Not only is Donna Aldea, the Queens district attorney’s counsel for special litigation especially competent and therefore desirable – Barket,…

Court of Appeals Admits Time-Barred Petition of Man Convicted of Murder in 1987

On Monday, a three-judge panel at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that although the petition of the…

D.C. Circuit Upholds Indefinite Detention of Gitmo Detainee

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has stated that it affirms it's earlier decision to deny a…