June 14, 2022

In Matter of Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v. Breheny, 2022 NY Slip Op 03859 (N.Y. Ct. App. June 14, 2022), the New York Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s determination that the writ of habeas corpusĀ is unavailable where the liberty interest at issue is not that of a “human being,” but rather of an…

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