U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Apr. 11, 2012
Panel revives pot case for Native American Church
Marijuana-smoking members of an independent chapter of the Native American Church in Hawaii won revival of their suit against the federal government Monday as a 9th Circuit panel voted the members can litigate their challenge to the Controlled Substances Act.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Marijuana-smoking members of an independent chapter of the Native American Church in Hawaii won revival of their suit against the federal government Monday as a 9th Circuit panel voted the members can litigate their challenge to the Controlled Substances Act.
The members sued under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act after federal agents seized a pound of pot intended for church use as a sacrament and eucharist in their re...
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