California Supreme Court Rules Federal Prohibition Doesn’t Block Marijuana Businesses From Transporting Products
A state appellate court originally sided with the company
California’s Supreme Court delivered a victory for the state’s marijuana program, rescinding a lower court ruling in a case that suggested federal prohibition could be used locally to undermine the cannabis market.
The case in question concerns a lawsuit filed by a company in Santa Barbara County that objected to the use of an easement, which is a right to use another person’s property, for the transportation of state-legal cannabis products. A state appellate court sided with the company, ruling in January that federal law preempted the state’s and that the easement could not be utilized for marijuana transport.
But the highest court in the state has now reversed that decision, rescinding the ruling.
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