dispensaries no longer legal. fuck.

Cory and trevor

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Just called justice cavanagh's office to thank him for the opinion in the case and was given this e-mail address to send thanks to if anyone is interested to show support for the last guy out there on the bench for us patients. it's jackmanm@courts.mi.gov
 

TheMan13

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I just read through the bios of these clowns. Most are clueless ivory tower academics (Young, Markmen, Zahra & McCormack). Kelly is focused on jail overcrowding WTF?!?

Cavanagh's bio is clearly distinguished from the rest, as a man of the people IMO.

Justice Michael F. Cavanagh



Justice Cavanagh received a bachelor's degree from the University of Detroit in 1962 and his law degree from the University of Detroit Law School in 1966. He began his career as a law clerk for the Michigan Court of Appeals. In 1967, Justice Cavanagh was hired as an assistant city attorney for the City of Lansing and thereafter was appointed as Lansing City Attorney, serving until 1969. He then became a partner in the Lansing law firm of Farhat, Burns and Story, P.C. In 1972, he was elected judge of the 54-A District Court and served from 1973-1975. Justice Cavanagh was then elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals, where he served from 1975-1982. At that time, he was the youngest person ever elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals. Justice Cavanagh was elected to the state Supreme Court in 1982 and was re-elected in 1990, 1998, and 2006. He served as Chief Justice from 1991-95. Justice Cavanagh's current term expires January 1, 2015.

The son of a factory worker and a teacher who moved to Detroit from Canada, Justice Cavanagh worked on Great Lakes freighters during the summers to help pay his tuition at the University of Detroit. During his years in law school, he was employed as an insurance claims adjuster and also worked for the Wayne County Friend of the Court as an investigator.

Justice Cavanagh has participated in numerous community and professional activities, including Chairman of the Board of the American Heart Association, Past President of the Incorporated Society of Irish/American Lawyers, Board of Directors of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and the Commission on the Future of the University of Detroit Mercy . He is a Member of the Institute of Judicial Administration, New York University Law School. He has served as Vice President of the Conference of Chief Justices, Chair of the National Interbranch Conference of Funding the State Courts, and member of the National Center for State Courts Court Improvement Program. Other appointments include the Michigan Justice Project, Chairman of the Judicial Planning Committee, Michigan Crime Commission, Judicial Coordinating Committee, and Chair of the Sentencing Guidelines Committee. Justice Cavanagh is the Supervising Justice of the Michigan Judicial Institute. Justice Cavanagh was instrumental in the planning, design, construction and eventual completion of the Michigan Hall of Justice. He has served as Supreme Court Liaison, Michigan Indian Tribal Courts/Michigan State Courts since 1990, and has attended many national Indian Law conferences and participated in Federal Bar Association Tribal Court symposiums.

Justice Cavanagh and his wife, Patricia, are the parents of three children, and have three grandsons and two granddaughters. The Cavanagh family resides in East Lansing.

Michigan Supreme Court
Hall of Justice, 6th Floor
925 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI 48915
Phone: (517) 373-0128
Fax: (517) 373-9831



 

tjsix

Active Member
So we got one literate justice, a no-show and a 4 clowns who do what they want and write law from the bench? GREAT!
I'm curious as to what McCormacks position would have been.. it's likely she did not rule on the case since she was just sworn in less than a month ago, and wouldn't have heard any of the original arguments. There really needs to be a push for full legalization, I'm pretty sure most of the dispensaries are going to be either closing up or very careful with how they operate, and seeing a majority of income for me was coming from selling overages at dispensaries and farmers markets.. I'm pretty much fucked.
 

hockey4848

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I doubt all the clubs are going to just shut their doors today. A few may get shut down to make an "example" but it would take A LOT of tax payer money to go around "shutting" down every club in the state.
 

tjsix

Active Member
I doubt all the clubs are going to just shut their doors today. A few may get shut down to make an "example" but it would take A LOT of tax payer money to go around "shutting" down every club in the state.
Oh definitely, but I think there's going to be a lot of clenched assholes after this decision. What'll likely happen is that dispensaries will start to go away, patients will have to either grow themselves, find a caregiver or just get it illegally. If they're getting it illegally then they're likely to not renew their cards, which, if enough people do, is about the only thing that's going to make the state take notice.. when that 10M+ stream of cash starts dwindling, we'll start seeing potential for change, until then.. SOL unfortunately
 

hockey4848

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Oh definitely, but I think there's going to be a lot of clenched assholes after this decision. What'll likely happen is that dispensaries will start to go away, patients will have to either grow themselves, find a caregiver or just get it illegally. If they're getting it illegally then they're likely to not renew their cards, which, if enough people do, is about the only thing that's going to make the state take notice.. when that 10M+ stream of cash starts dwindling, we'll start seeing potential for change, until then.. SOL unfortunately
I agree with you. But when you take a look at the state of Michigans tax income and expenses $10mil is nothing, they might not even care.

Interesting times indeed.

Price go up?
 

gladstoned

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I don't think all the dispensaries will close. But I certainly think mj friendly counties will get a lot more people moving in. And non-mj friendly counties are going to be breaking it off in peoples asses.
Flint should be good. Now what about Oakland? New Farmer's market in Oakland county? Those are the ones I'm wondering about. The few up here in the UP. The one in Marquette is closed cuz of this,
till they figure it out. They probably aren't the only ones.
 

hockey4848

Well-Known Member
I don't think all the dispensaries will close. But I certainly think mj friendly counties will get a lot more people moving in. And non-mj friendly counties are going to be breaking it off in peoples asses.
Flint should be good. Now what about Oakland? New Farmer's market in Oakland county? Those are the ones I'm wondering about. The few up here in the UP. The one in Marquette is closed cuz of this,
till they figure it out. They probably aren't the only ones.

I think a lot will close soon. And a lot will stay open. The owners will assess the risk and make a decision. Also I could see a lot of land lords calling their tenants today and telling them, "you gotta close due to the states decision." If your a landlord and have an asset worth 100s of thousands if not millions of dollars, do you want to risk it all over your dispensary tenant?
 

DemonTrich

Well-Known Member
what a crock of shit this new restraint on mmj patients. so we are "legal" but during certain circumstances (P2P sales) we are subject to arrest. what about P2P donations, with monetary compensation for the container, or delivery charge, art work drawn on the brown bag. shit, some of that art could be worth 40-250.00.

just saying.
 

bloodytrichomes

New Member
I doubt all the clubs are going to just shut their doors today. A few may get shut down to make an "example" but it would take A LOT of tax payer money to go around "shutting" down every club in the state.
fuck they dont care its our money there using and they have plenty
 

ProfessorPotSnob

New Member
what a crock of shit this new restraint on mmj patients. so we are "legal" but during certain circumstances (P2P sales) we are subject to arrest. what about P2P donations, with monetary compensation for the container, or delivery charge, art work drawn on the brown bag. shit, some of that art could be worth 40-250.00.
I have some very expensive Ball Mason Jars for sale lol
 

Cory and trevor

Well-Known Member
I'm curious as to what McCormacks position would have been.. it's likely she did not rule on the case since she was just sworn in less than a month ago, and wouldn't have heard any of the original arguments. There really needs to be a push for full legalization, I'm pretty sure most of the dispensaries are going to be either closing up or very careful with how they operate, and seeing a majority of income for me was coming from selling overages at dispensaries and farmers markets.. I'm pretty much fucked.
I am not sworn in yet but I saw the entire presentation on youtube.....
 
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