National Organization for Reform of Marijauna Laws v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (NORML v. DEA) was another civil case. I don't know how it was started.
The Drug Policy Foundation v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DPF v. DEA) is yet another civil case.
Other cases are mentioned, SOMEBODY WRITE THE DETAILS HERE.
All of these lawsuits ultimately failed to change federal marijuana law, which is still (as of Nov 2001) irrational. This web site contains images of many of the legal documents from the cases, as well as some (relatively poor) OCR scans of them.
Controlled Substances Act, 21 U°S_C. § 812 ...... 000001 Food Drug & Cosmetic Acts 21 U_S.C. § 355 ...... 000012 Fed Reg 53767 (1989) ' 000034 Fed. Reg. 36552 (1986) ................. 000052 Fed. Reg. 5156 (1988) ................. 000061 Brief in Support of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Submitted by the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics ....... 000065 ACT's Rebuttal Brief in Support of Findinqs of Fact and Conclusions of Law ......... 000301
Opinion and Recommended Rulings Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision of Administrative Law Judge ........... 000372 Affidavit of Greg Paufler (5/11/87) ......... 000444 Affidavit of Martha Hirsch (5/13/87) ......... 000462 Affidavit of Mae Nutt (5/13/87) ........... 000472 Affidavit of Ronald Stephens_ MoD® (5/14/'87) ..... 000497 Affidavit of Mona Taft (5/15/87) ........... 000507 Affidavit of Deborah Baron Goldberg_ M.Do (5/18/87) . 000538 Affidavit of Ivan Silverberg_ M.D. (5/18/'87) ..... 000553 Affidavit of John Bickers, MoD. (5/19/87) ...... 000569 Affidavit of John C. Merritt_ M.Do (5/19/87) (with attachment: Affidavit of Johr_ C. Merritt_ M.Do (4/5/78) in proceedings of Randall vo United Stat_) ............ 000574 Affidavit of Janet Andrews . . o °. .......... 000601 Rebuttal Affidavit of John C° Merritt, MoD. (9/18/87) .................... 000629 December 86 1987 Hearing Transcript (Redirect Testimony of Ivan Silverberg_ M.Do) ....... 000654 January 276 1988 Hearing Transcript (Cross- Examination of Keith Green_ Ph°D_) (_____ Petitioner ACCT_s Brief at 26 (9/28/90) (mistakenly indicated that this testimony is in Volume i0 of the record -- it is actually in Volume 9)) ................... 000686 January 29, 1988 Hearing Transcript (Cross- Examination of Dr. Norman Zinberg) ....... 000783 June i0, 1988 Hearing Transcript (Exchange Between Judge Young and Charlotte Mapes) .... 000793