CENTENNIAL, Colo.—A state judge invalidated a $40,000 contract between a grower and a supplier in a ruling seen as having potential impact on the marijuana industry.
The Denver Post reports ( ) the ruling by Arapahoe County District Court Judge Charles Pratt involved a dispute between grower Quincy Haeberle and Blue Sky Care Connection. Pratt this month relied on past rulings that contracts concerning illegal activities are invalid. Pratt in his ruling also said that federal law pre-empts state law.
Sean McAllister, an attorney specializing in marijuana, says the ruling does not take into account other legal decisions.
McAllister says Pratt’s ruling could detrimental to the marijuana industry if other judges rule the same way, but adds that’s not widely expected.
