Iowa State’s marijuana shirt ban costs school $1 million

By The Cannabist on March 21, 2018News Favorite Article

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State Universitys unconstitutional crackdown on a pro-marijuana student groups T-shirts will cost state taxpayers nearly $1 million in damages and legal fees.

Court documents indicate a judge approved $598,208 in attorney fees and costs on Wednesday. That amount is in addition to payments the state agreed to in January to settle the case including $75,000 each to Paul Gerlich and Erin Furleigh, the students who filed the lawsuit in 2014 and $193,000 to their lawyers for federal court appeals.

The $940,000 total ...