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Pubdate: Thu, 01 Oct 2015
Source: Seattle Times (WA)
Copyright: 2015 The Seattle Times Company
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Website: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409
LAWYERS CHALLENGE CITY'S MOVE ON POT
Several Seattle lawyers have joined in a lawsuit challenging the
city's clampdown on medical-marijuana dispensaries.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in King County Superior Court contends
the city's regulations aimed at shutting down dispensaries exceed its
authority. Because marijuana remains federally illegal, the lawsuit
claims the city lacks the power to regulate and tax the drug and
shutter businesses who sell it.
The defendant in the case is Columbia City Holistic Health, a
dispensary. Because of the federal ban on pot, turning over
dispensary business records demanded by the city would amount to
self-incrimination, the suit says.
The suit seeks an injunction stopping the city from enforcing its pot
regulations.
"We believe the city's marijuana ordinances and tax code are
constitutional and we will defend them in court," said Deputy City
Attorney John Schochet.
The lawyers behind the suit are Sean Badgley, Douglas Hiatt, Aaron
Pelley and Jeff Steinborn. Hiatt, Pelley and Steinborn were outspoken
opponents of Initiative 502 which legalized state regulation of pot
production and sales.
Initiative 502 also set up a conflict with the mostly unregulated
medical marijuana merchants.
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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