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South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats

Via the Washington Times:

How many cats is a person legally allowed to let roam the inside of his or her car while they travel the country?

The South Dakota Supreme Court weighed in on that very issue last week, setting the bar somewhere below 15.

The state’s highest court ruled — in a case titled State of South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats — that a police officer acted correctly in August when he seized the aforementioned 15 felines from a vehicle belonging to Patricia Edwards.

Not every justice agreed.

Justice Severson also said state laws dictating no more than three people ride in the front seat of a car lest they interfere with the driver’s view or control did not apply to cats.

“Miss Edwards’ cats should be returned to her care,” he wrote.

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2 Responses to “South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats”

  1. Josh R Says:
    June 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    I’ll go with “stick the dissenting judge in a car with 15 loose cats and make him drive to Fargo.” for my final answer Regis.

  2. Thomas Kent Says:
    June 30th, 2010 at 5:53 am

    Done in one!

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