Supreme Court decides tossed fish does not count as a record
John Yates discarded fish from the boat Miss Katie to evade an inspection and was later charged with destroying property, leading to a Supreme Court ruling that the fish was not a “record.”
Why it matters
The decision defines the boundaries of what can be considered a legal record, affecting future property-destruction cases.
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