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Opponents of legalizing marijuana in Arizona said Friday they would appeal to the state Supreme Court after a judge dismissed their bid to block a statewide vote. Earlier Friday, a Maricopa County judge rejected the legal challenge by Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy to an initiative that...

Hartford, Conn. - A Connecticut state worker fired after he was caught smoking marijuana on the job was punished too harshly and should get his job back, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. Gregory Linhoff was fired from his maintenance job at the University of Connecticut Health Center in...

Pursuant to the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") (42 U.S.C. Section 1201, et seq.) and California's Civil Code Section 54 (the "DPA"), individuals with disabilities are entitled to "the same rights as the general public to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks...

Pursuant to the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") (42 U.S.C. Section 1201, et seq.) and California's Civil Code Section 54 (the "DPA"), individuals with disabilities are entitled to "the same rights as the general public to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks...

The Ohio Supreme Court is moving to alter its professional conduct rules for lawyers to clarify the legal services they can offer to clients connected to Ohio's upcoming medical marijuana business. The justices ordered their staff to prepare a draft amendment to the Ohio Rules of Professional...

Florida's first legal medical marijuana dispensary is opening this week in Tallahassee. Daytona Beach drunken-driving defense attorney Aaron Delgado sees a connection between pot's enhanced profile and a case he just lost in the Florida Supreme Court without even getting a chance to argue...

San Diego - A ballot measure which could decide the fate of the San Diego Chargers may go up in smoke - and it all depends on the outcome of a legal battle involving medical marijuana in Upland. San Diego's city attorney is asking the California Supreme Court to expedite its decision in a...

West Greenwich, R.I. - Two people arrested Tuesday on marijuana charges are leaders of the Healing Church, which says it uses marijuana and its derivatives in religious rituals. Anne Armstrong, 56, and Alan Gordon, 46, both of 99 Hudson Pond Rd., had filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to...

Upland - Was Upland correct in deciding to delay a citizen-backed initiative until the general election because officials believed it was a tax? Or should the city have held a special election right away to let the residents decide whether to overturn the city's ban on medical marijuana...

Upland - Was Upland correct in deciding to delay a citizen-backed initiative until the general election because officials believed it was a tax? Or should the city have held a special election right away to let the residents decide whether to overturn the city's ban on medical marijuana...

Long Beach, California - On Tuesday July 12, 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's order dismissing a class-action lawsuit brought by two Medical Marijuana dispensaries, challenging the City's ordinance banning medical marijuana facilities within the City. In a 43-page complaint...

Long Beach, California - On Tuesday July 12, 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's order dismissing a class-action lawsuit brought by two Medical Marijuana dispensaries, challenging the City's ordinance banning medical marijuana facilities within the City. In a 43-page complaint...

Phoenix - Besides choosing our next president, voters in Arizona may have to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of a marijuana. That's if election officials find that pro-pot group the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol submitted enough valid signatures on its petition to...

Long Beach officials announced this morning they have prevailed in a lawsuit filed four years ago challenging the city's ban on medical marijuana dispensaries on the grounds the ban violated the rights of those with disabilities. The decision, handed down July 12 by the Court of Appeal, isn't...

Phoenix - The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the smell of marijuana is enough to justify a police search. The ruling comes in the wake of Arizona's legalization of medical marijuana. The justices agreed in March to consider appeals of contradictory rulings by the Phoenix and Tucson...

The highest court in Massachusetts is rewriting the wording of a ballot question that seeks to legalize recreational marijuana, announcing the change in a ruling issued Wednesday morning. The same day proponents for marijuana legalization submitted signatures to put the measure on the ballot...

Boston - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said in an opinion Wednesday that a proposed ballot question legalizing marijuana can proceed to the November 2016 ballot. A group of 57 voters, including Westborough's Josephine Hensley as the lead plaintiff, argued in a lawsuit that the...

The fate of the medical marijuana industry in Montana is still up in the air, but a recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court has limited the industry's options for staying up and running. On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear an appeal from medical marijuana advocates...

The fate of the medical marijuana industry in Montana is still up in the air, but a recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court has limited the industry's options for staying up and running. On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear an appeal from medical marijuana advocates...

A Nevada Supreme Court hearing proposing a revision to rules of professional conduct for attorneys' involvement in the medical marijuana industry has been rescheduled from next week to later this summer, the court said Thursday. The open-to-the-public hearing, originally scheduled for July 7...