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Divided 10th Circuit orders further evaluation of legality for $6.4 million judgment in cannabis case
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The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Monday that a Maryland man may be required to pay $6.4 million after all for breaching a contract with his intended partner in a cannabis company, so long as it does not require the manufacture or sale of marijuana. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the…
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Colorado delegation considers options for opposing federal marijuana policy
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WASHINGTON – Some members of Colorado’s delegation to Congress decided Tuesday to back a bill that could prevent federal prosecutors from interfering with state laws legalizing marijuana. They met to discuss options after the Justice Department announced it would prosecute anyone who violates the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, regardless of whether it contradicts state laws.…
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Rural Colorado girl at the center of a lawsuit on federal restrictions on medical marijuana
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A new lawsuit has cast an epileptic 11-year-old girl living in rural Colorado into the heart of a nationwide dispute over medical marijuana. The lawsuit filed by the attorney of Alexis Bortell seeks to force the federal government to change its Schedule One classification of marijuana. “What we hope to accomplish from the lawsuit is…
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Colorado officials give cold shoulder to Sessions’ request to let federal prosecutors target medical marijuana industry
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants Congress to allow federal prosecutors to target legal medical marijuana providers, but Colorado officials and members of the state’s congressional delegation say they like things the way they are. In a May 1 letter to congressional leaders made public this week, Sessions asks lawmakers to nullify the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment,…
