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With the the Fourth District Court of Appeal clearing the way for Riverside to resume efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, the question comes up – how's that pending state Supreme Court case going?
The Riverside-based Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two became one year ago the first state appellate court to uphold counties and cities that had put laws on their books to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
There were subsequent rulings from other appellate courts, including one that contradicted the Division Two ruling. Those made a confusing patchwork of decisions.
It was a natural for the California Supreme Court to pick up the cases to clarify matters, and review was granted by mid-January 2012.
"It's fully briefed," Riverside City Attorney Greg Priamos said Monday, Dec. 3 of the matter before the state high court. Attorneys are awaiting a date for arguments.
One measure of a case's importance are the number of friends-of-the-court briefs filed, and the Supreme Court docket for the medical marijuana cases is filled with them.
Americans For Safe Access, an advocacy group for medical marijuana use, filed an amicus brief for the Inland Empire Patient's Health and Wellness Center, Inc., the appellant.
Friends of the court briefs for respondent City of Riverside include the League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties; the California State Sheriffs' Association, California Police Chiefs Association and California Peace Officers' Association; and the City of Los Angeles.
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Source: pe.com
Author: Richard De Atley
Contact: About Us | PE.com - Press-Enterprise
Website: MEDICAL MARIJUANA: State Supreme Court case awaits date : Crime Blotter
The Riverside-based Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two became one year ago the first state appellate court to uphold counties and cities that had put laws on their books to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
There were subsequent rulings from other appellate courts, including one that contradicted the Division Two ruling. Those made a confusing patchwork of decisions.
It was a natural for the California Supreme Court to pick up the cases to clarify matters, and review was granted by mid-January 2012.
"It's fully briefed," Riverside City Attorney Greg Priamos said Monday, Dec. 3 of the matter before the state high court. Attorneys are awaiting a date for arguments.
One measure of a case's importance are the number of friends-of-the-court briefs filed, and the Supreme Court docket for the medical marijuana cases is filled with them.
Americans For Safe Access, an advocacy group for medical marijuana use, filed an amicus brief for the Inland Empire Patient's Health and Wellness Center, Inc., the appellant.
Friends of the court briefs for respondent City of Riverside include the League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties; the California State Sheriffs' Association, California Police Chiefs Association and California Peace Officers' Association; and the City of Los Angeles.
News Hawk- TruthSeekr420 420 MAGAZINE
Source: pe.com
Author: Richard De Atley
Contact: About Us | PE.com - Press-Enterprise
Website: MEDICAL MARIJUANA: State Supreme Court case awaits date : Crime Blotter
