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A pot farm's neighbor can sue them for smells and other nuisances that could harm their property values, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling revives a lawsuit between a Colorado horse farm and a neighboring marijuana-growing warehouse. The...

Just because a court finds you were legally growing marijuana plants doesn't mean you get those plants back after police have seized them. Local leukemia survivor Bob Crouse found that out the hard way. Recall from past reporting by the Independent that his case began in 2011, when cops...

The impending legalization of marijuana in Canada raises a number of legal issues related to property insurance policies, Michael Teitelbaum, a partner with Hughes Amys LLP, said last week at ARC Group Canada's 2017 annual seminar and cocktail event. In a June 1 presentation at the seminar...

The Michigan Supreme Court says Kent County law enforcement violated the Constitution when they went after members of their own department for possessing marijuana-infused butter. Now, the case will have to go back to court to determine whether the entire case against two Kent County...

Maryland's highest court on Friday agreed to hear arguments from attorneys who represent finalists for licenses to grow medical marijuana. The attorneys say their clients should be allowed to intervene in a legal case that seeks to block a state commission from awarding any more licenses until a...

Maryland's highest court on Friday intervened to halt a case that could upend the state's fledgling medical marijuana industry. The Court of Appeals issued a stay minutes before a Baltimore Circuit Court hearing on whether to put the entire cannabis program on hold while sorting out...

A federal appeals court has sidestepped making a ruling on whether U.S. prison officials can hold people who were convicted of marijuana offenses that were legal under state medical marijuana laws. In a decision Wednesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals focused instead on a...

On Saturday, Brazilians took to the streets in a nationwide Marijuana March to call for drug policy reform. The Supreme Court first gave the green light for a pro-legalization rally in 2011. Before, judges had prohibited the protest as an "incitement to criminal acts". For the first time...

President Donald Trump reportedly told Senate Republicans Wednesday to "go nuclear" if that's what it took to get his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, confirmed for a seat on the high court. If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ala., does choose the nuclear route, party members could...

A medical marijuana patient who harvests his own plants has asked the Montana Supreme Court to review his pending felony case in Yellowstone County. Wayne Steven Penning, 65, has asked the Montana Supreme Court to rule on whether the state has the right to prosecute medical marijuana patients...

Colorado Springs, Colo. - A four-year dispute over medical marijuana seized by police in Colorado Springs has come to an end. The Colorado Supreme Court says police don't have to return marijuana plants to a man acquitted of marijuana-related drug crimes. Colorado police can resume destroying...

Helena – A bill to correct a drafting error that delayed when the three-patient provision for medical marijuana providers was repealed passed out of the Senate State Administration Committee on Monday on a 6-2 vote. Sen. Fred Thomas, who carried Senate Bill 131, asked for quick consideration...

Boston - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to hear arguments Friday on whether field sobriety tests can be used as part of cases of driving under the influence of marijuana. The court case comes less than a month after recreational marijuana became legal in Massachusetts, while...

Denver – Officials in Adams County said Wednesday they will take a fight to collect taxes on recreational marijuana sales to the Colorado Supreme Court. Last month, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled the county's tax on recreational marijuana is not authorized by state statute and not...

The state's highest court will weigh the future of roadside sobriety tests for those suspected of being under the influence of marijuana. The Supreme Judicial Court will begin to hear arguments next week. The cases focuses on whether police officers should be allowed to testify about the...

Tbilisi, DFWatch — Georgia's Constitutional Court has struck down a law which sent many young people to prison for using marijuana. Being charged with possession and consumption of marijuana will no longer land you in jail in Georgia, after the Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled it...

St. Johns, Mich. — The Michigan appeals court says the state's medical marijuana law protects people who are accused of illegally transporting pot. In a 2-1 decision, the court threw out the misdemeanor conviction of a man in Clinton County, north of Lansing. Callen Latz is a registered...

A Colorado Court of Appeals ruling on retail marijuana sales taxation by Adams County could put at least $1.8 million in Pueblo County sales tax revenue in jeopardy. The appeals court reversed a district court ruling on Thursday that said Adams County could impose a tax of 3 percent on retail...

MILegalize, the group attempting to bring a vote on recreational marijuana use in Michigan, has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to put the issue on the 2018 ballot. The group is arguing the 345,000 petition signatures they turned in this year are valid, and they were...

Arkansas Last Friday, the state Supreme Court disqualified one initiative, leaving one remaining. Responding to a late legal challenge, the state Supreme Court last week disqualified one of the two medical marijuana initiatives on the ballot - even though the ballots had already been printing...