Nicchia v. New York
Citations
- 254 U.S. 228
- 41 S. Ct. 103
- 65 L. Ed. 235
- 1920 U.S. LEXIS 1184
- 13 A.L.R. 826
Syllabus
<p>It is within the police power of a State to require payment of license fees by the owners of dogs in cities, under penalty of fine. P. 230.</p> <p>If, in exercising this power, the State sees fit to provide that the licenses shall be issued and the fees collected by a private corporation created by the State for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of laws enacted to prevent cruelty to animals, and that the fees, so collected shall be applied by such corporation in payment of its expenses fairly incurred and as just compensation for valuable service rendered in such law enforcement, the owners of dogs are not thereby deprived of property or liberty in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 231.</p> <p>224 N. Y. 637, affirmed.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- stating that a property interest in an animal is of an “imperfect or qualified nature and [the animal] may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the state”
- noting \[p]roperty in dogs is of an imperfect A-2135-17T3 17 or qualified nature and they may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the state without depriving their owners of any Federal right\
- “Property in dogs is of an imperfect or qualified nature and they may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the state without depriving their owners of any federal right.”
- \Property in dogs is of an imperfect or qualified nature and they may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the state without depriving their owners of any federal right.\
- dogs “may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the state without depriving their owners of any federal right”
- property in dogs is “of an imperfect or qualified nature and [dogs] may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the state without depriving their owners of any federal right”
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Judges: McReynolds
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