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SSDP v. Spellings - ACLU Appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (04/16/2007)
ACLU's appeal asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to order the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota to consider the legislative history behind enactment of the Aid Elimination Penalty, a provision of the federal Higher Education Act that denies financial aid to any person convicted of a drug offense. The District Court upheld the Penalty as constitutional, but refused to consider significant historical evidence that shows the provision to violate the U.S. Constitution's Double Jeopardy Clause.

In the Matter of Lyle Craker- Opinion and Recommended Ruling (02/12/2007)
The opinion and recommended ruling of DEA Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner in support of Professor Lyle Craker's application to the DEA to grow marijuana. Judge Bittner concluded that it is in the public's interest for Craker to be permitted to grow marijuana for use in research into the plant's medical benefits.

San Diego v. CA- Final Ruling (12/06/2006)
A final ruling in favor of medical marijuana patients represented by the ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access. The ruling strikes down San Diego, San Bernardino and Merced counties' legal challenge to the validity of California's medical marijuana laws, rejecting the counties' contention that state medical marijuana laws are invalid due to the federal prohibition of marijuana.

San Diego v. NORML- Tentative Ruling on Motion for Judgment (11/16/2006)
A tentative ruling in favor of medical marijuana patients represented by the ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access. The ruling strikes down San Diego, San Bernardino and Merced counties' legal challenge to the validity of California's medical marijuana laws, rejecting the counties' contention that state medical marijuana laws are invalid due to the federal prohibition of marijuana.

San Diego v. NORML- Intervenors' Memo in Reply to Motion for Judgment (11/03/2006)
A motion filed on behalf of medical marijuana patients by the ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access in San Diego, San Bernardino and Merced counties' legal challenge to the validity of California's medical marijuana laws.

San Diego v. California - Motion for Judgment on Pleadings (09/01/2006)
A motion seeking a ruling on pleadings filed on behalf of medical marijuana patients, caregivers and doctors by the ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access in San Diego, San Bernardino and Merced counties legal challenge to the validity of California's medical marijuana laws.

ACLU v. Alaska Order on States Motion to Dismiss (07/11/2006)
ACLU v. Alaska Order on States Motion to Dismiss

San Diego, et al. v. California, et al. - Motion to Intervene and Proposed Complaint (07/07/2006)
A motion to intervene and proposed complaint filed by the ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access in San Diego, San Bernardino and Merced counties legal challenge to the validity of California's medical marijuana laws.

ACLU of Alaska v. State - Motion for Summary Judgment (06/30/2006)
The ACLU of Alaska's motion seeking a ruling striking down as unconstitutional a state law that would criminalize private, adult possession of marijuana in the home.

ACLU of AK v. State - Statement of Disputed Facts (06/30/2006)
A record of the disputed facts at hand in the ACLU's challenge of an Alaska law that would make it illegal for adults to possess small amounts of marijuana in the privacy of their homes.

ACLU of AK v. State - Statement of Undisputed Facts (06/30/2006)
A record of the undisputed facts at hand in the ACLU's challenge of an Alaska law that would make it illegal for adults to possess small amounts of marijuana in the privacy of their homes.