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NM cockfighters file $77M lawsuit in federal court
townhall.com/ ^
| May 13, 2009
| By TIM KORTE
Posted on 05/13/2009 1:46:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono
New Mexico cockfighters have filed a federal lawsuit seeking $77 million, claiming their civil rights were violated in the state's enforcement of a 2007 law banning the bloodsport.
The class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Cruces. It challenges whether authorities had probable cause to make arrests and euthanize roosters during raids at New Mexico farms.
State Attorney General Gary King is listed among 11 defendants. His office declined to comment.
The cockfighters' latest legal effort comes less than a week after the New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld the state law outlawing cockfighting.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cockfighting
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To: JoeProBono
Consenting adults in a private group activity...
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:47:39 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
To: a fool in paradise
I think some muchachos are spending too much time watching Boston Legal.
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:49:20 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: a fool in paradise
Is it a blood sport if you fry up the loser and serve him?
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:49:57 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(No teleprompters were harmed in the creation of this post.)
To: Sybeck1
Michael Vick’s lawyers will be watching as well.
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:51:54 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: JoeProBono
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say, Sven Lungqurst and Ingrud Sorremborsh were not amongst the claimants
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:52:14 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: a fool in paradise
It has to do with animal cruelty, but you knew that didn’t you.
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:52:39 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
To: a fool in paradise
Or were you talking about a gay rights issue?
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posted on
05/13/2009 1:54:50 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
To: JoeProBono
These guys sound a little cocksure.
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:00:24 PM PDT
by
period end of story
(Give me a firm spot, and I will move the world.)
To: JoeProBono
Soo now the state wants to tell you what to do with your cock. Unbelievable.
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:00:45 PM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: JoeProBono
Milticulturalism at its finest...
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:03:04 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: JoeProBono
Diversity is our Strength! ...right?
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:08:14 PM PDT
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: period end of story
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:10:14 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: navyguy
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:13:26 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I have no problem with cockfighting. It's just two dumb chickens that aren't good for anything else.
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:37:31 PM PDT
by
ThermoNuclearWarrior
(Obama is a fraud and is ineligible for the Presidency!)
To: navyguy
Yes in a state whose claim to fame is that the fight to the death cage matches and cock fights draw larger audiences than civic functions or graduation ceremonies.
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:52:03 PM PDT
by
Concho
( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
To: Sybeck1
That was John Waters’ excuse when he filmed a couple having “sex” with a chicken in bed and the bird suddenly dying a bloody death (in Pink Flamingos). He said that it was a good death, getting f’d and then they ate it.
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:53:39 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
If people want to engage in cockfighting, it’s their “choice”. If you don’t want a cockfight, don’t have one. It’s not a human life. < /sarc >
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posted on
05/13/2009 2:54:55 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
To: JoeProBono
Las Cruces HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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posted on
05/13/2009 3:04:43 PM PDT
by
Mashood
To: Concho
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posted on
05/14/2009 4:03:17 PM PDT
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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