Legal Opinion
National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws v. Gain
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 30, 1979No. Civ. 45596PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
POCHÉ, J.
This is a many-faceted attack on those California Health and Safety Code sections which prohibit the private possession and use of marijuana by adults. It takes the form of a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (hereafter NORML) and 32 individual taxpayers against the Chief of Police, City Attorney, Sheriff and District Attorney of San Francisco. After the complaint had been amended once, the Attorney General intervened. He then moved for summary judgment. This appeal tests his success.
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