May 12, 2026
A group of investors who claimed they were bilked out of $1.5 million by the owners of a now-defunct Muskegon, Michigan, cannabis dispensary said in a brief filed in Michigan federal court Tuesday that a federal ban on cannabis does not negate the dispensary owners' obligation to pay restitution.
April 28, 2026
A Michigan cannabis business owner on Tuesday urged a federal judge to toss a suit accusing him of running an investment scam, saying that because pot is still federally illegal, the court is barred from ordering him to pay restitution to the plaintiff because to do so would make the federal court complicit in an illegal transaction.
December 13, 2024
An Illinois business is suing Great Lakes Holistics Muskegon and Redbud Roots Inc. in Michigan federal court, alleging the companies' officers induced it to invest $1.5 million into a dispensary that had previously failed, while those officers pocketed the investment.