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8 Aug 2014, 6:44 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Here: Oklevueha Opening Brief US Answer Brief National Council of Native American Churches et al. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
 Yesterday's Salt Lake Tribune reports that members of the federally recognized Native American Oklevueha Church have been harassed, arrested and prosecuted in Utah. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 10:00 am by Shriram T. Eachambadi
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Wednesday affirmed [opinion, PDF] summary judgment issued by a Hawaii federal district court denying an exemption to Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. [read post]
3 Aug 2008, 11:35 am
In 2004, the Utah Supreme Court threw out a prosecution against Mooney, holding that Utah law permits the use of peyote by adherents of the Native American Church, even if they are not members of a federally recognized Indian tribe. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 12:05 pm by Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)
Several lessons from the Ninth Circuit's opinion in Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. [read post]
30 Jan 2016, 4:50 pm by Howard Friedman
 National leaders of the Native American Church do not recognize the Oklevueha branch, nor do they agree with its claims that marijuana (as opposed to peyote) has sacramental use. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 1:58 pm
 But instead of resolving whether the church is bona fide, it simply holds today that there's no valid exemption from federal anti-drug laws under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act because the church's doctrine doesn't "require" its members to smoke marijuana, which the church admits is only a substitute for its preferred theological drug, peyote. [read post]
12 Apr 2012, 5:23 pm by constitutional lawblogger
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled this week that the Oklevueha Native American Indian Church of Hawaii's action under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act seeking declaratory and injunctive relief barring the government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act... [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 10:52 am
.; Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. [read post]
29 Jan 2017, 8:00 am by Howard Friedman
., Jan. 26, 2017), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to dismiss an indictment of a member of the Oklevueha Native American Church who was charged with growing large quantities of marijuana. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 11:03 am by Howard Friedman
(See prior posting.)Today the Supreme Court also denied certiorari in Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii v. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 7:33 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Barnes (Oklevueha Native American Church; Marijuana Manufacturing)Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. [read post]