The Ninth Circuit’s Peridot Tree decision rejects a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to cannabis residency requirements. We examine the tension with Raich’s treatment of marijuana as commerce and the implications for state licensing and economic protectionism.
Perris permitted cannabis businesses while restricting their freeway billboards. This article examines the October 2025 temporary restraining order and the commercial-speech arguments behind the challenge.
Massachusetts’ 2020 cannabis delivery language offers a model for courier and delivery licenses, social equity provisions, and regulatory design.
This 2020 analysis examines cannabis licensing residency challenges in Maine and the Commerce Clause risks posed by state preferences for local applicants.
A critique of the 2020 lawsuit by perfect-scoring Illinois cannabis applicants opposing rescoring, with attention to agency discretion and pleading.
A 2020 Illinois dispensary lawsuit questions scoring, deficiency notices, and the lottery process, seeking revised submissions and a halt to awards.
The September 2020 IDFPR list identifies tied applicants advancing to drawings for Illinois’ 75 conditional adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses.
California’s 2020 response to a DEA subpoena examines relevance, confidential cannabis licensing records, and the tension between state and federal law.
Illinois’ March 2020 cannabis guidance allowed medical-patient curbside service while withholding home delivery, prompting comparisons with other states.
This March 2020 post reproduces essential-business provisions affecting Illinois alcohol, cannabis, restaurant, and distribution operations.
In March 2020 Illinois extended the cannabis craft grower, infuser, and transporter application deadline and required submissions by mail.
A neighboring property owner alleged an inability to sell property near a cannabis grow. The court considered whether the claimed injury supported a RICO suit.
