Source: The Sun Herald

GULFPORT --The seizure of 500 plants that looked like marijuana in Harrison County in 2003 did not violate the land-user's civil rights, the 5th Court of Appeals has ruled.

The decision upholds a federal judge's dismissal of Marion "Bucky" Waltman's civil lawsuit against former Sheriff George H. Payne Jr. The ruling was filed Thursday.

The crop was kenaf planted as deer food on land leased by the Boarhog Hunting Club. Waltman planted the crop based on research at Mississippi State University. The research concluded that kenaf, used to make paper, could also attract deer and provide larger hunting trophies...Read More