Legal Opinion
Pew v. Scopino
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 15, 1995No. Civ. 93-317-P-HPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND OTHER PENDING MOTIONS
HORNBY, District Judge.
This civil rights lawsuit arises out of Maine’s airborne marijuana eradication program. The Maine Department of Public Safety, Drug Enforcement Agency, Army National Guard, and county sheriffs’ offices and local law enforcement agencies have cooperated to find and destroy marijuana crops growing illegally in Maine. The National Guard has provided helicopters, pilots and crews; county and local law enforcement agencies have assigned personnel as “spotters” on board the helicopters to look for…
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