How did the medical marijuana case now before the Supreme Court come to be called Ashcroft v Raich<\/i>? I gather that it began life as a criminal case, which would normally be titled US v Raich<\/i>. Or it could be a civil suit seeking an injunction against certain practices of the DoJ, in which case it might be titled Raich v Ashcroft<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Are appeals often renamed? Is there a rule?<\/p>\n
Dec.23<\/strong>: Todd Larason<\/a> comes through, citing the Raich camp’s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n \nIt began as Raich et al. vs Ashcroft et al.<\/i> — Raich is suing Ashcroft, seeking an injuction preventing Ashcroft & others from doing certain things; it isn’t an appeal of a criminal case as US v. Lopez<\/i> was.<\/p>\n Ashcroft filed the petition for certiorari, so at the supreme court level he’s the petitioner, and it turned from Raich v. Ashcroft<\/i> to Ashcroft v. Raich<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How did the medical marijuana case now before the Supreme Court come to be called Ashcroft v Raich? I gather that it began life as a criminal case, which would normally be titled US v Raich. Or it could be … Continue reading