Tag: Legal Decisions

(171 posts)
November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Alleged Pot Growers Can’t Nix Surveillance Photos

Alleged Pot Growers Can’t Nix Surveillance Photos

Two men facing drug charges cannot exclude surveillance images of their marijuana grow site that police captured without a warrant, a federal judge ruled. Law enforcement installed...
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November 5, 2012
11/05/2012
Supreme Court Hears Drug Dog Cases

Supreme Court Hears Drug Dog Cases

05:55pm The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a pair of cases out of Florida involving the use of drug sniffing dogs. One case is...
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November 2, 2012
11/02/2012
Dr. Ali Shaygan’s Saga: Prosecutorial Misconduct in the War on Pain Docs

Dr. Ali Shaygan’s Saga: Prosecutorial Misconduct in the War on Pain Docs

08:07pm In what could become an historic case, a Florida doctor acquitted of drug dealing charges over his prescribing practices is asking the US Supreme Court...
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November 1, 2012
11/01/2012
‘No Grey Sky’ Marijuana Dispensary Takes on Uncle Sam

‘No Grey Sky’ Marijuana Dispensary Takes on Uncle Sam

A licensed medical marijuana provider sued the Justice Department and DEA, claiming that their illegal crusade threatens to cost thousands of patients their means to acquire the...
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October 29, 2012
10/29/2012
Dumanis Continues Raiding in San Diego, While Court of Appeals Tells Her She is Wrong

Dumanis Continues Raiding in San Diego, While Court of Appeals Tells Her She is Wrong

On Wednesday, October 24, a dozen armed, masked NTF agents stormed Next Generation, a legal medical marijuana collective located on San Ysidro Blvd. in San Diego. The raid came just...
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October 29, 2012
10/29/2012
Suit Before Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Seeks To Halt Federal Actions Against CA Medical Cannabis

Suit Before Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Seeks To Halt Federal Actions Against CA Medical Cannabis

On Wednesday, October 24, a group of California dispensary operators, medical cannabis providers, and patients, as Plaintiffs, filed their Opening Brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of...
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October 26, 2012
10/26/2012
A Big Win for ASA in San Diego

A Big Win for ASA in San Diego

California’s 4th District Court of Appeal overturned the conviction of San Diego medical cannabis provider Jovan Jackson today. The decision in People v. Jackson recognizes the right of medical cannabis dispensaries to...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.24)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.24)

05:08pm It’s been relatively quiet week on the medical marijuana front, with the big news being the DC Circuit Court’s interest in determining whether Air Force...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Unanimous Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case

Unanimous Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case

Fourth District Court of Appeal rejects requirement that all collective members must be actively involved in cultivation. The Fourth District Court of Appeal for California issued a...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
With a “Stingray,” Cops Can Turn Your Mobile Devices Into Tracking Beacons

With a “Stingray,” Cops Can Turn Your Mobile Devices Into Tracking Beacons

Law enforcement are using “stingrays,” which allows them to know who you are calling and the precise location of every device within the range of the mobile being...
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October 24, 2012
10/24/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates File Brief with DC Circuit Alleging Federal Policy Harmful to Patients

Medical Marijuana Advocates File Brief with DC Circuit Alleging Federal Policy Harmful to Patients

Less than a week after oral arguments in the landmark federal case to reclassify marijuana for medical use, the plaintiffs filed an additional brief late yesterday at...
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October 23, 2012
10/23/2012
English Philanthropists Jailed for Growing Cannabis

English Philanthropists Jailed for Growing Cannabis

The most unusual cannabis growing case of its type. That’s how prosecutor Jon Dee described the life of Michael Foster and Susan Cooper. The couple recently received three...
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Two Oct US Supreme Court Cases Could Give Drug Sniffing Dogs Carte Blanche

Two Oct US Supreme Court Cases Could Give Drug Sniffing Dogs Carte Blanche

The United States Supreme Court will be hearing two cases, Florida v. Harris and Joelis Jardines v. Florida, this month. The outcomes could have huge implications on our 4th Amendment...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
NJ Weedman Ed Forchion Found Not Guilty

NJ Weedman Ed Forchion Found Not Guilty

In a stunning victory for the power of juries, Ed Forchion (aka NJ Weedman, a very visible medical marijuana activist) was found not guilty today of possession...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

Just hours after the US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, “California State Law Does Not Exist Here”

Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, “California State Law Does Not Exist Here”

Aaron Sandusky was found guilty on two charges Friday: conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and of intent to distribute 1,000 marijuana plants. The judge prohibited California’s medical marijuana laws...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
City of Oakland Fights Back Against Federal Medical Marijuana Asset Forfeiture Campaign

City of Oakland Fights Back Against Federal Medical Marijuana Asset Forfeiture Campaign

Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker and San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster announced yesterday that the City of Oakland filed a lawsuit in United States District...
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October 11, 2012
10/11/2012
Appellate Court to Hear Landmark Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Today in San Diego

Appellate Court to Hear Landmark Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Today in San Diego

Appellate court oral arguments are set to occur Thursday in a widely watched medical marijuana dispensary case that raises the question of what defines a legitimate dispensary....
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