It's the copyright lawsuit that refuses to die. In September 2017, PETA finally settled its monkey selfie lawsuit with photographer David Slater, ending years of financially destructive litigation. However, a request to dismiss the case has since been rejected by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which points out in a newly published order that it's not required to honor the dismissal request.
The decision to proceed with a ruling appears to be the Ninth Circuit's way of preventing PETA from dodging a legal outcome that would interfere with potential future litigation of a similar nature. The Court's order states, in part, that:
...denying the motion to dismiss and declining to vacate the lower court judgement prevents the parties from manipulating precedent in a way that suits their institutional preferences.
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