Arizona Medical Marijuana Law

Arizona Republic: “Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is petitioning the Arizona Supreme Court to bypass the appellate court and hear his arguments on a high-profile medical-marijuana case. The case centers on whether the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act is pre-empted by federal law.  A Maricopa County Superior Court in December ruled that federal drug [...]

Arizona Republic:  “Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery lost another round in court Thursday when the Arizona Court of Appeals denied his effort to temporarily block a ruling upholding the state’s medical-marijuana law.  A three-judge panel heard oral arguments in the morning, then quickly rejected the motion to delay a Maricopa County Superior Court [...]

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery appealed the adverse ruling issued against Maricopa County last week by Judge Gordon in the White Mountain Health Center, Inc., vs. County of Maricopa.  The Arizona Court of Appeals will hold hearing this Thursday on Montgomery’s motion to suspend the enforcement of Gordon’s ruling until the Court of [...]

yourwestvalley.com:  “A judge on Thursday rebuffed efforts by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to further delay the paperwork necessary for opening a marijuana dispensary.  Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Gordon said he heard nothing from Montgomery during the half-hour hearing to convince him to stay his ruling earlier this month ordering the [...]

Arizona Republic:  “Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Gordon will hear arguments at 11 a.m. today [12/13/12] on a request to stay or suspend his recent ruling on the legality of the state’s medical-marijuana law.  Last week, Gordon ruled Arizona’s controversial medical-marijuana law does not conflict with federal drug laws and rejected arguments [...]

azmarijuana.com:  “October 19, 2012, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Gordon heard arguments made by Maricopa County Attorney William Montgomery (himself) and by Deputy Attorney General Charles Grube, for Tom Horne, challenging the viability of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. An explanation of how we got to this point can be found in [...]

The Yuma Sun has a story about  Valerie Okun, a California medical marijuana patient who was stopped for possessing marijuana in Arizona and cited for violating Arizona’s drug law.  Valerie’s case  was dismissed, but Yuma County Sheriff Ralph Ogden refused to return her marijuana.  Valerie sued the Sheriff to get the pot and [...]

Phoenix New Times:  “A judge has refused to overturn a decision by Fountain Hills to authorize medical-marijuana dispensaries near an alleged church run by by medical-marijuana marketer Al Sobol.  Following a hearing on Tuesday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled that the Town of Fountain Hills did not act unreasonably in [...]

Arizona Republic:  “An applicant for a medical-marijuana dispensary and cultivation site has sued Maricopa County, accusing the county of purposely stalling action on its application to prevent it from seeking a state operating license.  The lawsuit by White Mountain Health Center Inc. alleges the county would not certify or reject its registration certificate, [...]

KPHO 5:  “Strong allegations have been made against Gov. Jan Brewer, the Phoenix Police Department and other elected officials, who may have played a role in the raid of a medical marijuana club.  The 2811 Club in Phoenix was raided on Oct. 12, 2011. . . . Five months later, the club is [...]