Project Posner — Now with Page Numbers!
Project Posner now has page numbers!
By the way, some of tastiest tidbits in the project posner database are the “dog decisions.” Check out this one, for instance..
For example, Hilton v. Wheeling, 209 F.3d 1005 (7th Cir. 2000):
For the last seven years Hilton and his neighbors in an apartment complex in a blue-collar district of Wheeling have been locked in a feud that began when Hilton was seen beating a Rottweiler puppy (appropriately named “Rommel”) with what a neighbor who called the police described as a baseball bat, though Hilton claims that it was merely a rawhide chew stick. When the police arrived he explained that he had broken his arm (Hilton’s arm, not the dog’s) beating Rommel the previous evening. Hilton was cited for cruelty to animals and fined $ 500.
The subsequent history of Rommel is interesting, though perhaps not strictly germane. Hilton tired of Rommel, took him to a veterinarian, and told the veterinarian to kill the dog. The vet refused, saying that the dog was healthy (Hilton’s savage beatings had failed to injure Rommel) and that he wanted to put him up for adoption. Hilton agreed, but later decided he wanted Rommel back, and when he could not get him back protested at an open hearing of the Wheeling village council, dragging the empty leash behind him to punctuate his plea.