Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin provides a bimonthly update of recent California legal decisions. The following is the Early October issue:
Recent California Legal Decisions
– City ordinance that goes beyond mere decriminalizing of medical marijuana is preempted by federal law to the extent that it permits medical marijuana collectives.
(Pack v. Superior Court (City of Long Beach), Case No. B228781, California Courts of Appeal, Second District, October 4, 2011.)
– Officer has no qualified immunity after falsifying a medical report and is subject to liability in a civil rights suit.
(Kerkeles v. City of San Jose, Case No. H035333, California Courts of Appeal, Sixth District, October 4, 2011.)
– Individual medical marijuana patients lack standing to challenge generally applicable medical marijuana zoning provisions.
(Traudt v. City of Dana Point, Case No. G044130, California Courts of Appeal, Fourth District, September 30, 2011.)
For more information on these or other cases, feel free to contact Andrew L. Jared at AJared@agclawfirm.com.
