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A Dog Is Not A Stereo: The Role Of Animal Sentience In Determining The Scope Of Owner Privacy Interests Under Oregon Law, Lora Dunn, David B. Rosengard

Animal Law Review

In 2011, a relatively routine animal neglect investigation spawned a line of litigation that would eventually reach the Or­egon Supreme Court. Along the way, this case-State v. New­comb-raised issues central to both constitutional and animal law, involving inquiry into how animals are situated under the law, the \.Veight of a defendant's privacy versus an animal's in­terests, and what relevance attaches to animals existing as feel­ing, sentient creatures. In analyzing Newcomb, this Comment discusses the case facts in Part I, before laying out the argu­ments heard-and decisions rendered-by the trial and appel­late courts in Part II. Part III reads the Oregon …