EM:DEF - Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund home page
subscribe to our newsletter
Register to Vote
EMDEF Home
About EMDEF
Action Center
Contribute
Education
Incident Report
Laws and Cases
Library
Newsletter
Contact Us

Privacy Policy

Legal Library


  Club La Vela Documents             Federal Statutes  
  New Orleans Documents             Local Ordinances  


The EM:DEF Law Library contains legal documents related to various cases and laws.  These include everything from the search warrant to the resolution of the case, where these documents are available.  This information is intended to assist lawyers working on other cases, pooling resources to reduce the costs of fighting trials that can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

 

Federal Statutes

USC 21  Food and Drugs
Sec 853  Criminal forfeitures
Sec 856  Establishment of manufacturing operations (crack house statute)
Sec 863  Drug paraphernalia
 

Local Ordinances

24-Sep-2001 Harvey, Illinois   (pdf)

 

New Orleans State Palace Theatre Documents

 

        Class Action Complaint:  McClure v. Ashcroft

 
01-Feb-02   Judgment
23-Aug-01   District Court Preliminary Injunction Hearing Transcript
21-Aug-01   ACLU Legal Brief - Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
21-Aug-01   ACLU's Class Action Complaint
 

        U.S. v. Brunet

 
17-May-01   Plea Agreement
17-May-01   Factual Basis
09-Mar-01   Order To Dismiss Amicus Brief
09-Mar-01   Amicus Brief - IAAM
08-Mar-01   Order To Dismiss Defendant's Motion
08-Mar-01   Motion and Order to Dismiss without Prejudice
06-Mar-01   Motion to Dismiss - Arthur A. Lemann II
15-Feb-01   Motion To Enroll Council
08-Feb-01   Order To Reschedule / Cancel Rearraingment
06-Feb-01   Motion For The Extension Of Time To Determine Council
31-Jan-01   Motion To Determine Council
12-Jan-01   Federal Indictment For Violation Of The Crack House Statute (html)
09-Nov-01   Motion to Unseal the Search Warrant
25-Aug-00   Search Warrant Issued
25-Aug-00   Search Warrant Application
25-Aug-00   Motion to Seal the Search Warrant

 

Club La Vela Documents

??-Jul-01   Motion to Dismiss - Constitutional Arguments
05-Jun-01   Indictment

 

Other Cases

EM:DEF would like to include text from other cases as well. We are now able to accommodate state level and local level cases. Please e-mail the Librarian if you are involved in, or aware of, other cases. We will work to add the legal documents promptly.




Join the ACLU

Drug Policy Alliance



Copyright © 2001-2004 Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund - EM:DEF.  All Rights Reserved.
Continued operation of this project made possible by a grant from
the Drug Policy Reform Fund of the Tides Foundation.