Petitioner, who hails from New Jersey, provides marijuana to the sick from a Rastafarian temple and operates a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. As a cult figure, he is known as NJweedman and operates a website called NJweedman.com. On the site, he calls upon jurists to acquit him on pending criminal charges. He petitioned […]
Warrantless Entry Into Curtilage Of Home Was An Unconstitutional Search.
Plaintiff was standing behind the gate at the entrance to her home when a police officer kicked it down and knocked her unconscious. The officer believed his warrantless entry into the cartilage of plaintiff’s home was justified by his pursuit of a suspect “who had committed at most a misdemeanor offense by failing to stop […]
Attorney Fees To Demonstrators Who Carried Pictures Of Aborted Fetuses At Protest.
Group carried pictures of aborted fetuses at a busy intersection in South Carolina, and a police officer informed them they would be ticketed for breach of the peace if graphic signs were not discarded. Eventually a petition was filed by the protestors alleging their First Amendment rights were being violated when police informed the group […]
Dismissal Of Age Discrimination/Employment Case Reversed.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act [ADEA, 29 U.S.C. §621, et seq.] prohibits an employer from discharging an employee who is over forty years of age because of the employee’s age. The district court dismissed a complaint alleging plaintiff was at least forty years old; her performance was satisfactory or better; she received consistently good […]
Abortion Prosecution.
In a small town in Idaho, where abortion facilities are unavailable, an unemployed, unmarried woman with three children, ages 2, 11 and 18, ordered medication for a medication-induced abortion over the internet. The local prosecutor filed a felony complaint against her. The woman faced up to five years in prison. Four months later, the felony […]
Commissioner Runs Against Judge And Loses, Both The Election And Her Job.
A temporary court commissioner challenged a sitting judge in an election and lost. Shortly thereafter, the executive committee of the superior court adopted a policy which rendered the commissioner ineligible to serve as a commissioner. After she lost her job, she brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 alleging the policy was enacted […]