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Info for Medical Marijuana Litigators: US Court Decisions

Affirmative Defense

People v. Mower, 85 Cal. App. 5th 290 ( Cal. Ct. App. 2000), California Court of Appeals decision.

Cannabis Clubs

In re Search Warrant, No. SW-01-0232 GGH, (E.D. Cal. 2001), District Court opinion. See also Crofton, Gregory. "DEA can examine records of marijuana patients." Tahoe Daily Tribune, 15 November 2001.

People ex rel Lungren v. Peron, 59 Cal. App. 4th 1383 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997) California Court of Appeals decision. See also Californians for Compassionate Use Act Legal Resource Page.

United States v. Cannabis Cultivators Club and Dennis Peron, 5 F. Supp. 1086 (N.D. Cal. 1998). See excerpts of the District Court decision.

US v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, 532 U.S. 483 (2001), Summary of United States Supreme Court decision and related materials.

Medical Necessity

Jenks v. State, 582 So. 2d 676 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991), Florida Court of Appeals decision.

United States v. Randall, Crim. No. 65923-75, (Super. Ct. D.C. 1976), Superior Court decision.

Physicians' Rights

Conant v. McCaffrey, No. C97-0139 WHA, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13024, (N.D. Cal. Sept. 7, 2000), summary, related documents, and amicus briefs. See also full text decision.

Rescheduling

Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics v. DEA, 15 F.3d 1131 (D.C. Cir. 1994), Court of Appeals decision.

Grinspoon v. DEA, 828 F.2d 881 (1st Cir. 1987), Court of Appeals decision regarding the scheduling of MDMA (Ecstasy).

Idaho v. Hastings, 801 P.2d 563 (Idaho 1990), Idaho Supreme Court decision.

In re Marijuana Rescheduling Petition, No. 86-22, Sept. 6, 1998 (U.S. D.O.J.: DEA Sept. 6, 1998), denied 54 FR 53767, Opinion and Recommended Ruling, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision of Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young.

Return of Medicine

People v. Mendocino County Superior Court, Christopher Joseph Brown, No. 97-77843, 1998 Cal. LEXIS 7323, (Cal. Nov. 4, 1998), Mendocino County Court Order.

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Transportation

People v. Trippet, 56 Cal. App. 4th 1532 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997), California Appellate Court decision.

People v. Young, 92 Cal. App. 4th 229 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001), California Appellate Court decision; See also case summary.



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