Gonzales v. Raich

Raich and Monson (plaintiffs), California residents legally using home-grown medical marijuana under the state's Compassionate Use Act, had their plants seized and destroyed by federal agents despite state approval; they sued Attorney General Gonzales (defendant) to enjoin enforcement of the federal Controlled Substances Act against them. The court of appeals held the CSA was an invalid exercise of the Commerce Clause power as applied to purely local, non-commercial medical marijuana use, and Gonzales appealed.