October 20, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Monday dismissed a cannabis entrepreneur's constitutional challenge to the state's social equity marijuana licensure program, saying the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause does not apply to cannabis.
April 19, 2024
Federal appellate courts are mulling multiple challenges to state and local cannabis licensure programs, all brought by one California-based attorney and each alleging that the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution must apply to federally illegal marijuana.
March 21, 2024
The owner of a cannabis shop hoping to operate in Maryland is asking a federal judge to reject the state regulator's bid to dismiss a suit challenging the state's social equity licensing law, arguing the Constitution's dormant commerce clause applies to the cannabis trade and preempts state-based licensing requirements.
March 08, 2024
Maryland cannabis regulators on Friday asked a federal judge to toss a lawsuit alleging the state's social equity scheme unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state players, asserting that there is no such thing as a federally legal marijuana market.
February 28, 2024
A Maryland federal judge has denied a cannabis entrepreneur's bid to block the state's social equity license lottery, saying her delay in filing both her suit and the motion for an injunction outweighs the harm she'll suffer from the lottery going ahead.
February 13, 2024
Maryland's cannabis regulators urged a federal judge to reject an out-of-state entrepreneur's bid to halt the lottery for social equity cannabis licenses on claims it's unconstitutional, saying she doesn't have standing because she didn't actually apply and wouldn't have qualified anyways.
February 08, 2024
The owner of a cannabis dispensary that was denied a spot in Maryland's lottery for social equity licenses is asking a federal court to put a halt on the lottery, saying she'll suffer irreparable harm because of the state's violation of the Constitution's dormant commerce clause.
January 29, 2024
A California attorney who has sued multiple state marijuana regulatory agencies over their licensure programs has now targeted Maryland in a new lawsuit accusing cannabis regulators there of enacting a social equity scheme that unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state applicants.