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International Primate Protection League v. Institute for Behavioral Research

799 F.2d 934 (1986)

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International Primate Protection League v. Institute for Behavioral Research

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
799 F.2d 934 (1986)

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Facts

Alex Pacheco, the founder of several animal welfare organizations including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), volunteered when he was an undergraduate student to work for Dr. Edward Taub (defendant) at the Institute for Behavioral Research (IBR) in Maryland on a neurological study looking at the capacity of monkeys to learn to use a limb after nerves had been severed. Based on Pacheco and others’ observations of mistreatment of the monkeys in the study, Taub was charged and found guilty on six criminal counts of animal cruelty. Fearing that the monkeys could be returned to the IBR, Pacheco, PETA, and others filed a civil suit to require the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce provisions of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) against Taub and the IBR. After an appellate court found that the state animal-cruelty laws did not apply to an institution—like IBR—conducting medical research pursuant to a federal program, the criminal charges against Taub were reversed. The civil case was dismissed, and Pacheco, PETA, and others appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Wilkinson, J.)

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