Legal Opinion
Qualified Patients Assn. v. City of Anaheim
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 2010No. G040077PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARONSON, J.
Plaintiffs Qualified Patients Association (QPA) and Lance Mowdy appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained, without leave to amend, the City of Anaheim’s demurrer to plaintiffs’ complaint. Asserting the primacy of state law over local law under constitutional and statutory authority (Cal. Const., art. XI, § 7; Gov. Code, § 37100), plaintiffs’ first cause of action sought a declaratory judgment that the city’s ordinance imposing criminal penalties for the operation of a medical marijuana dispensary was preempted by the Compassionate Use Act of…
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