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071159P.pdf 04/29/2008 Students for Sensible Drug Pol v. Margaret Spellings
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-1159
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with John R. Gibson and Wollman,
Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Constitutional law. District court did not err in dismissing
complaint alleging that 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1091(r), which suspends eligibility
for student loans following a conviction for enumerated drug offenses, is
unconstitutional; the provision does not violate the Fifth Amendment's
prohibition against double jeopardy because it does not impose a second
criminal penalty.