United States:
Personhood Denied
27 February 2015
Fox Rothschild LLP
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In a stunning decision, the Appellate Division of the Third
Judicial Department in the State of New York denied personhood
status for Tommy, the chimpanzee, expressly rejecting The Nonhuman
Rights Project fundamental assertion that chimpanzees are
"legal persons."
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