International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1991-05-20

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Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. This case arose from an animal welfare dispute. At issue is the fate of certain monkeys used for medical experiments funded by the Federal Government. The case comes before us, however, on a narrow jurisdictional question: whether a suit filed in state court challenging the treatment of these monkeys was properly…

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