December 21, 2022
2022 saw the nation's smallest federal court of appeals weigh in on thorny employment issues, a Black Lives Matter face mask lawsuit, and a novel criminal prosecution against a state court judge.
September 21, 2022
The full First Circuit on Wednesday declined to review a split panel decision that found the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution applies to the federally illegal medical marijuana industry.
September 01, 2022
A Maine-based marijuana trade group is urging the First Circuit to grant an en banc rehearing of a split decision affirming that the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause applied to the federally illegal medical cannabis industry.
August 17, 2022
A split First Circuit panel affirmed Wednesday that the Constitution's dormant commerce clause applies to the federally illegal medical cannabis industry and that a Maine law mandating local ownership of cannabis businesses cannot stand.
April 07, 2022
A First Circuit panel on Thursday appeared ready to rule that the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution applies to the federally illegal cannabis industry in a landmark case that could determine states' abilities to exert home rule over their marijuana markets.
March 01, 2022
Maine's cannabis regulator and an in-state medical marijuana trade group filed concurring briefs on Monday urging the First Circuit to find that the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution does not apply to the federally illegal cannabis industry.
February 08, 2022
A unit of cannabis giant Acreage Holdings Inc. has told the First Circuit that a Maine rule requiring medical cannabis businesses to be owned by locals was unconstitutional, regardless of marijuana's federally unlawful status.
December 21, 2021
Maine's cannabis regulator and an in-state medical marijuana trade group filed concurring briefs this week urging the First Circuit to find that the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution does not apply to the federally illegal cannabis industry.