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· 12/10/1986

Carl Eric Olsen v. State of Iowa

Citations

  • 808 F.2d 652
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 36971

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming Iowa Supreme Court’s holding that exemption for Native American Church’s ceremonial use of peyote applied only to controlled and isolated circumstances, in contrast to Coptic Church members’ continuous and public use of marijuana regardless of age or occupation
  • unsuccessful habeas corpus appeal by Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church member convicted of possession of marihuana with intent to deliver
  • marijuana use by Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church

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Judges: Heaney, Wollman, Magill

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