Legal Opinion

STATE OF MICHIGAN v. McQUEEN

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 2013No. Docket 143824PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtYoung, C.J.

In this public nuisance action, we must determine whether defendants’ business, which facilitates patient-to-patient sales of marijuana, operates in accordance with the provisions of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA).1 We hold that it does not and that, as a result, the Court of Appeals reached the correct result when it ordered that defendants’ business be enjoined as a public nuisance.

The MMMA authorizes “[t]he medical use of marihuana ... to the extent that it is carried out in accor*141dance with the provisions of [the] act.”2 Section 3(e) of the act defines “medical use” broadly to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. TurketteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Sun Valley Foods Co. v. WardMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
  3. People v. ArmstrongMichigan Supreme Court · 2011
  4. People v. MoreyMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
  5. People v. RobinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Ter Beek v. City of WyomingMichigan Supreme Court · 2014
  2. People of Michigan v. Robert TuttleMichigan Supreme Court · 2015
  3. S. Dearborn Envtl. Improvement Ass'n, Inc. v. Dep't of Envtl. QualityMichigan Supreme Court · 2018
  4. People v. MazurMichigan Supreme Court · 2015
  5. People v. KoonMichigan Supreme Court · 2013

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