Dorf on Law

Mostly law-related musings by Cornell Professor Michael Dorf and some of his lawyer/professor friends

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Our friendly neighbors to the North are people too.

I offer without further comment this snippet from a Montana statute (75-5-103) that I needed to read today:
(23) "Person" means the state, a political subdivision of the state,
institution, firm, corporation, partnership, individual, or other entity and
includes persons resident in Canada.

2 Comments:

  • At 11:55 AM, Blogger Sobek said…

    There's a legislature run amok for you. I doubt the statute would stand up to a due process challenge.

     
  • At 6:20 PM, Blogger David C. said…

    So Montana thinks "Canadians" are "people"? That's nothing compared to the Federal Government, which thinks Canadian land is part of the United States.

    http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/bushs-media-slip-ups-reach-niagara-falls/index.html

     

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