Pubdate: Tue, 22 Mar 2016
Source: Chicago Sun-Times (IL)
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Author: Richard Wolf

JUSTICES WON'T HEAR MARIJUANA DISPUTE CASE

The Supreme Court refused Monday to referee a simmering dispute 
between Colorado and two neighboring states over the cross-border 
impact of marijuana legalization, heartening legalization advocates 
who feared the high court could have rolled back their gains.

The justices denied an effort by Oklahoma and Nebraska to bring their 
grievances about pot-related crime directly to the nation's highest 
court without seeking to go through lower courts first.

Oklahoma and Nebraska complained that pot purchased legally in 
Colorado is being transported illegally into or through their states, 
overwhelming police and courts dealing with a sudden influx of smugglers.
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