Comments on: Elephant Habeas Case: Steven Wise’s Forum Shopping Apparently Fails

By: In Memoriam Steven Wise | Letters Blogatory

In Memoriam Steven Wise | Letters Blogatory — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:24:10 +0000

[…] what I hope he would have taken as well-meaning fun at some of his litigation tactics, notably his forum shopping in New York. He was a major figure in the world of animal law and will be […]

By: Elephant Habeas: Happy’s Case Is Bound for the Bronx | Letters Blogatory

Wed, 08 May 2019 10:01:35 +0000

[…] for the “benefit” of an elephant. And rarely has forum shopping been so blatant. As I reported in December, Steven Wise, the lead lawyer, said that the reason he chose such an out-of-the-way venue was that […]

By: Elephant Habeas Case: The NhRP Really, Really Does Not Want To Litigate Happy The Elephant’s Case In The Bronx | Letters Blogatory

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:00:47 +0000

[…] the Elephant has very strong views about venue for his, ah, quixotic habeas corpus case. As I noted in December, a judge in Orleans County, New York, ordered the case transferred to the Bronx, where […]

By: Jimb

Jimb — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:03:09 +0000

Maybe he needs to get some legislation to establish the right to sue. Nowadays who knows. New York has some squirrelly legislators.

By: December 26 roundup | Overlawyered

December 26 roundup | Overlawyered — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:01:44 +0000

[…] Habeas Case: Steven Wise’s Forum Shopping Apparently Fails” [Ted Folkman, Letters Blogatory, earlier here and […]