In this case, the ACLU submitted an amicus brief in support of Clerow (Flip) Wilson, a black American comedian popular in the 1970s, who challenged the constitutionality of admission into evidence contraband seized from him upon his arrival at Los Angeles airport. The contraband in question was $1000 worth of "cocaine and hashish." In particular, his lawyers questioned article I, section 28(d) (the "Truth-in-evidence" provision), which they asserted was unconstitutional. To summarize its effects, the LA Times wrote that section 28(d) would "...eliminate exclusionary rules that bar admission at trial of evidence resulting from unlawful searches and seizures, forced confessions, illegal wiretapping and other grounds."

The outcome of this case is not known from the amicus briefs provided.