The Cases

National Organization for Reform of Marijauna Laws v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (NORML v. DEA) was another civil case. I don't know how it was started.

The Drug Policy Foundation v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DPF v. DEA) is yet another civil case.

Other cases are mentioned, SOMEBODY WRITE THE DETAILS HERE.

All of these lawsuits ultimately failed to change federal marijuana law, which is still (as of Nov 2001) irrational. This web site contains images of many of the legal documents from the cases, as well as some (relatively poor) OCR scans of them.

DC Court of Appeals, Consolidated Cases

• ACT and NORML's Joint Appendix Vol 1, containing: BREAK UP AND LIST:

  Controlled Substances Act, 21 U�S_C. � 812 ...... 000001
   Food Drug & Cosmetic Acts 21 U_S.C. � 355 ...... 000012
   Fed Reg 53767 (1989) ' 000034
   Fed. Reg. 36552 (1986) ................. 000052
   Fed. Reg. 5156 (1988) ................. 000061
   Brief in Support of Findings of Fact and
   Conclusions of Law Submitted by the
   Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics ....... 000065
   ACT's Rebuttal Brief in Support of Findinqs
   of Fact and Conclusions of Law ......... 000301
  

• ACT and NORML's Joint Appendix Vol 2, containing: BREAK UP AND LIST:

  Opinion and Recommended Rulings Findings of
   Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision
   of Administrative Law Judge ........... 000372
   Affidavit of Greg Paufler (5/11/87) ......... 000444
   Affidavit of Martha Hirsch (5/13/87) ......... 000462
   Affidavit of Mae Nutt (5/13/87) ........... 000472
   Affidavit of Ronald Stephens_ MoD� (5/14/'87) ..... 000497
   Affidavit of Mona Taft (5/15/87) ........... 000507
   Affidavit of Deborah Baron Goldberg_ M.Do (5/18/87) . 000538
   Affidavit of Ivan Silverberg_ M.D. (5/18/'87) ..... 000553
   Affidavit of John Bickers, MoD. (5/19/87) ...... 000569
   Affidavit of John C. Merritt_ M.Do (5/19/87)
   (with attachment: Affidavit of Johr_ C.
   Merritt_ M.Do (4/5/78) in proceedings of
   Randall vo United Stat_) ............ 000574
   Affidavit of Janet Andrews . . o �. .......... 000601
   Rebuttal Affidavit of John C� Merritt, MoD.
   (9/18/87) .................... 000629
   December 86 1987 Hearing Transcript (Redirect
   Testimony of Ivan Silverberg_ M.Do) ....... 000654
   January 276 1988 Hearing Transcript (Cross-
   Examination of Keith Green_ Ph�D_) (_____
   Petitioner ACCT_s Brief at 26 (9/28/90)
   (mistakenly indicated that this testimony is in
   Volume i0 of the record -- it is actually in
   Volume 9)) ................... 000686
   January 29, 1988 Hearing Transcript (Cross-
   Examination of Dr. Norman Zinberg) ....... 000783
   June i0, 1988 Hearing Transcript (Exchange
   Between Judge Young and Charlotte Mapes) .... 000793
  

• ACT v. DEA, and DPF v. DEA: Petioners and Interveners Final Reply Brief - September 5, 1993
• Order scheduling oral argument for 10/01/93. AND brief for DEA.
• Decision of the DC Court of Appeals, February 16, 1994. ROTATE THESE IMAGES.
• Another copy of Decision? ROTATE THESE IMAGES.
• Letter from ACT's lawyers to Janet Reno asking her to intervene with the DoJ. May 26, 1993.
• Another copy of Decision? ROTATE.
• Petition for Review of the DEA's administrative action by the DC Court of Appeals, April 23, 1992. DPF press release, including history of the cases.
• DEA denial of petition to reschedule marijuana: Final Rule. (DATE?)
• ANOTHER COPY of DEA denial of petition to reschedule marijuana: Final Rule. (Date?)
• DC Circuit decision, April 26, 1991.
• Opinion and Recommended Ruling, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision of Administrative Law Judge Francies J. Young, Sept. 6, 1988.
• DOCUMENT NOT FOUND
• Letter from Eric Sterling re Penna judge's proposal that lawsuit be settled by providing marijuana to patients. October 30, 1998?
• Compassionate Claim Action letter -- Medicalization of Cannabis
• Daily Washington Law Reporter story, Dec 28, 1976, re medical necessity defense (US v. Randall, DC Superior Court)
• Press release: Pierce County superior court judge rules: State constitution requires that marijuana be available as a prescription substance. October 13, 1995.

US v. David Edwin Boeggeman, US District Ct of MD

• Memorandum arguing that Ninth and Tenth Amendments prohibit punishment of crimes without victims.
• Memo arguing that classification of Marijuana violates Due Process and Equal Protection.
• Memo arguing due process and equal protection in US v. Troy, Ecker, and Hermesch.

Ralph Seeley's cases in Washington State

• News Tribune clipping: "Cancer patient should get marijuana, judge rules", 10/15/1995. State marijuana ban ruled unconstitutional, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct 14, 1995. Short letter from "Jimmy" at end.
• Ralph Seeley article "Medical Marijuana and the Law: Somebody Making Law Must Be Smoking Something".
• Amicus brief of NORML, in Ralph Seeley's Washington State Supreme Court case, September 17, 1996.
• NORML's request to file an amicus brief with Washington Supreme Court