FIRST CASE TO CONSIDER THAT A CHIMPANZEE MIGHT BE A LEGAL PERSON TO COME BEFORE THE COURT UNDER A PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

Abstract

Opinion of the Court:
In favor of: Suica
Requested by: Heron Jose de Santana, Luciano Rocha Santana, Antonio
Ferreira Leal Filho, Tagore Trajano de Almeida Silva and others
Co-plaintiff authority: Thelmo Gavazza, Director of Biodiversity,
Environmental and Hydrological Resource Department