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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.


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KEYWORDS: cockfighting
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1 posted on 05/13/2009 1:46:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Consenting adults in a private group activity...


2 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)
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To: a fool in paradise

I think some muchachos are spending too much time watching Boston Legal.


3 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.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Is it a blood sport if you fry up the loser and serve him?


4 posted on 05/13/2009 1:49:57 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (No teleprompters were harmed in the creation of this post.)
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To: Sybeck1

Michael Vick’s lawyers will be watching as well.


5 posted on 05/13/2009 1:51:54 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: JoeProBono
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say, Sven Lungqurst and Ingrud Sorremborsh were not amongst the claimants
6 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))
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To: a fool in paradise

It has to do with animal cruelty, but you knew that didn’t you.


7 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.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Or were you talking about a gay rights issue?


8 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.)
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To: JoeProBono

These guys sound a little cocksure.


9 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.)
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To: JoeProBono

Soo now the state wants to tell you what to do with your cock. Unbelievable.


10 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.)
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To: JoeProBono

Milticulturalism at its finest...


11 posted on 05/13/2009 2:03:04 PM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: JoeProBono

Diversity is our Strength! ...right?


12 posted on 05/13/2009 2:08:14 PM PDT by navyguy (The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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To: period end of story

13 posted on 05/13/2009 2:10:14 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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14 posted on 05/13/2009 2:13:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
I have no problem with cockfighting. It's just two dumb chickens that aren't good for anything else.
15 posted on 05/13/2009 2:37:31 PM PDT by ThermoNuclearWarrior (Obama is a fraud and is ineligible for the Presidency!)
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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.


16 posted on 05/13/2009 2:52:03 PM PDT by Concho ( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
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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.


17 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)
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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 >


18 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)
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To: JoeProBono

Las Cruces HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


19 posted on 05/13/2009 3:04:43 PM PDT by Mashood
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To: Concho

Excellent tag line!


20 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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