Legal Opinion
Safe Streets Alliance v. Hickenlooper
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2017No. 16-1048, 16-1095, 16-1266PublishedCited by 232 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
These three appeals arise from two cases that concern the passage, implementation, and alleged effects of Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution, Colo. Const, art. XVIII, § 16. Amendment 64 repealed many of the State’s criminal and civil proscriptions on “recreational marijuana,” 1 and created a regulatory regime designed to ensure that marijuana is unadulterated and taxed, and that those operating marijuana-related enterprises are, from the State’s perspective, licensed and qualified to do so. Of course, what Amendment 64 did not and could not do was amend the…
2Cases cited106 opinions
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3Cited by232 opinions
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