ORGANIZATION FOR REFORM OF MARIJUANA LAWS v. MULLEN

No. 86-1978.

828 F.2d 536 (1987)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE REFORM OF MARIJUANA LAWS; the Civil Liberties Monitoring Project, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a non-profit District of Columbia Corporation; the Civil Liberties Monitoring Project, Inc., a California Non-Profit Corporation; Richard Jay Moller, a California citizen; Katherine Bauer, a California citizen; Patricia Parson, a California citizen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Francis M. MULLEN, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Casper Weinberger, individually and in his capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, William French Smith, individually and as head of the United States Department of Justice, James M. Beggs, individually and in his official capacity as administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; John K. Van De Kamp, individually and in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; Glendon B. Cragi, individually and in his capacity as Chief Officer of the California Highway Patrol, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Krent, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

R. Elaine Leitner and David J. Meadows, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CHOY, PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the Civil Liberties Monitoring Project, and ten residents of Northern California (collectively "NORML"), brought this class action against various state and federal entities participating in the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting ("CAMP"). The complaint alleges that CAMP violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution in...

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