The Supreme Courtroom agreed Monday to listen to an enchantment by a CBD hemp oil maker combating a lawsuit by a truck driver who says he was fired after utilizing a product falsely marketed as free from the ingredient lively ingredient of marijuana.
Douglas Horn says he took the product to assist with continual shoulder and again ache he had after a severe accident. The corporate mentioned it contained CBD, a typically authorized compound that’s broadly offered as a dietary complement and included in private care merchandise, however not THC, which supplies marijuana its excessive, Horn mentioned in court docket paperwork.
After a failed routine drug take a look at obtained him fired, Horn says he confirmed with a lab that the product had THC. He sued the Vista, California, firm underneath the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, amongst different claims, alleging that THC-free advertising and marketing amounted to fraud.
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SCOTUS BLOG CASE TIMELIME
Points: Whether or not the financial damages ensuing from the private accidents are accidents to “enterprise or property by motive of” the acts of the defendant for the aim of a civil motion for treble damages underneath the Act of Affected Organizations and Corrupted by Racketeer.
| Date | Procedures and Orders (color-coded key) |
|---|---|
| 03 October 2023 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2023) |
| November 06, 2023 | Transient amici curiae of Atlantic Authorized Basis, et al. archived |
| 07 November 2023 | Waiver of proper of respondent Douglas Horn, et al. to reply silver. |
| November 14, 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for the 12/1/2023 Convention. |
| November 16, 2023 | Reply requested. (Length December 18, 2023) |
| 01 December 2023 | Movement to increase the time to file a solution from December 18, 2023 to January 17, 2024, filed with the Clerk. |
| 07 December 2023 | The movement to increase the time to file a solution is granted and the time is prolonged till January 17, 2024. |
| January 09, 2024 | Movement to increase time to file a solution from January 17, 2024 to February 16, 2024, filed with the Clerk. |
| January 16, 2024 | The movement to increase the time to file a solution is granted and the time is additional prolonged till February 16, 2024. |
| February 13, 2024 | Movement to increase time to file a solution from February 16, 2024 to March 18, 2024, filed with the Clerk. |
| February 15, 2024 | The movement to increase the time to file a solution is granted and the time is additional prolonged till March 18, 2024. |
| March 18, 2024 | Transient of respondent Douglas Horn in opposition filed. |
| April 03, 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for the 04/19/2024 Convention. |
| April 03, 2024 | Response of Petitioners Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al. archived (distributed) |
| April 22, 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for the Convention on 04/26/2024. |
| April 29, 2024 | BIG Petition. |
Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn
