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  1. Katelyn Baker

    Hearing That Affects Lawyers Who Work In Medical Marijuana Sector Is Postponed

    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...
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    Medical Pot Backers Seek Stay On Montana Court Decision

    Helena - The Montana Cannabis Industry Association is asking a district judge to further delay enforcement of stringent new medicinal marijuana restrictions that are to go into effect Aug. 31. The association on Tuesday filed a motion with Montana's 1st Judicial District Court in Helena for a...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Pot Backers Seek Stay On Montana Court Decision

    Helena - The Montana Cannabis Industry Association is asking a district judge to further delay enforcement of stringent new medicinal marijuana restrictions that are to go into effect Aug. 31. The association on Tuesday filed a motion with Montana's 1st Judicial District Court in Helena for a...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    Six Years Later, Court Battle Ends Over Man's Medical Marijuana Co-Op

    Grand Rapids, Michigan - The end for Ryan Bylsma was anti-climatic. A $500 fine for the misdemeanors of maintaining a drug house and possession of marijuana. Kent County Circuit Court Judge George Buth handed down the sentence Wednesday, June 15 following a six-year legal battle that wound...
  5. Katelyn Baker

    Six Years Later, Court Battle Ends Over Man's Medical Marijuana Co-Op

    Grand Rapids, Michigan - The end for Ryan Bylsma was anti-climatic. A $500 fine for the misdemeanors of maintaining a drug house and possession of marijuana. Kent County Circuit Court Judge George Buth handed down the sentence Wednesday, June 15 following a six-year legal battle that wound...
  6. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Marijuana Backers Seek Stay On Montana Court Decision

    Helena — The Montana Cannabis Industry Association is asking a district judge to further delay enforcement of stringent new medicinal marijuana restrictions that are to go into effect Aug. 31. The association on Tuesday filed a motion with Montana's 1st Judicial District Court in Helena for a...
  7. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Marijuana Backers Seek Stay On Montana Court Decision

    Helena — The Montana Cannabis Industry Association is asking a district judge to further delay enforcement of stringent new medicinal marijuana restrictions that are to go into effect Aug. 31. The association on Tuesday filed a motion with Montana's 1st Judicial District Court in Helena for a...
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    Arizona High Court Rules Doctor Medical Marijuana Immunity Is Limited

    The legal immunity provided physicians by Arizona's medical marijuana law for certifying patients to use pot only applies to the medical certifications, not other conduct such as making false statements in documents, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The high court's unanimous ruling...
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    Arizona Court To Rule On Medical Marijuana Immunity Issue

    The Arizona Supreme Court decides Friday on the scope of immunity provided doctors under Arizona's medical marijuana law. The justices' decision will follow a 2014 ruling in which the Court of Appeals upheld a trial judge's dismissal of forgery and fraud charges against Phoenix naturopath Dr...
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    MI: Marijuana Debate Goes Mobile As 'Magic Number' For Driving While Stoned Sought

    How much marijuana makes someone too impaired to drive a vehicle? The answer isn't easy to find, but it's one more than 100 lawmakers are set on finding. The Michigan House are seeking a study to find the "magic number" of how much marijuana in a driver's blood means the person is...
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    Montana Supreme Court Delays Enforcement Of Ruling On Medical Marijuana

    The Supreme Court of Montana decided to delay the enforcement of restrictions on medical marijuana to Aug. 31. Patients and providers of medical marijuana are given a four-month reprieve before severe restrictions are imposed in the state. The court ruled in favor of the 2011 state law which...
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    MT Supreme Court: New Restrictions On Medical Marijuana Effective August 31

    The Montana Supreme Court Monday delayed until Aug. 31 the effective date of medical-marijuana restrictions that it declared constitutional in February. A majority of the court agreed with marijuana industry claims that imposing the restrictions immediately would cause "serious disruption" to a...
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    Medical Marijuana Patients Reunited With Son After Lengthy Court Battles

    After 18 months, a Spring Lake family's son is out of foster care and reunited with his parents. Yet the fight to be together, through court battles and serious drug charges despite being card-carrying medical marijuana patients, still haunts them. Thursday, Max Lorincz's son Dante, 6...
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    Court Ruling Goes Against Kern County's Efforts To Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

    A ruling by the 5th District Court of Appeal has gone against Kern County's efforts to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. The court ruled the county erred in its interpretation of Measure G, a ballot initiative that limited where medical marijuana dispensaries could operate. When Measure...
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    American Voters Are Waiting To See How Colorado's Pot Experiment Turns Out

    The Supreme Court has handed the marijuana-legalization movement an important victory. Two states – Nebraska and Oklahoma – sought to invalidate the landmark Colorado measure known as Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in that state. But the challenge fell flat when the...
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    U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Suit By Colorado's Neighbors

    In what was generally considered to be the biggest challenge to Colorado's recreational cannabis laws to date, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion by the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma seeking to file a Bill of Complaint, effectively refusing to hear the arguments brought against the State...
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    Montana's Revised Medical Marijuana Law Survives Constitutional Challenge

    The Montana Supreme Court has upheld against a state constitutional challenge the State's 2011 Montana Marijuana Act, a new statutory framework embodying the State's effort to limit abuses resulting from the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act, which was established by voter initiation. Montana Cannabis...
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    California Court Upholds Judge's Decision On App Used For Medical Marijuana

    A state appeals court has upheld a judge's decision to block a smartphone app that allowed people in Los Angeles to have medical marijuana delivered to them. A division of the 2nd District Court of Appeal said Monday the app by a company called NestDrop violated a 2013 voter-approved law that...
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    Montana Medical Marijuana Advocates Ask Court To Delay Restrictions

    Medical marijuana advocates are asking the Montana Supreme Court to delay implementing a ruling last month that will severely limit distribution of the drug. The court's February decision upholds a 2011 state law that requires marijuana providers to sell to no more than three registered users...
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    Pivotal Supreme Court Decision On Marijuana Legalization Delayed Again

    The Supreme Court of the United States has again delayed any decision regarding the future of legal marijuana in the United States. According to the Denver Post's John Ingold this morning, the SCOTUS has yet to decide whether to hear or reject a lawsuit brought by two of Colorado's...
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