Massachusetts’ Highest Court to Hear Two Cases on Municipality Discretion in Cannabis Licensing
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21
On February, 3, the highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) will hear two cases involving municipalities’ scope of authority in allowing adult-use cannabis businesses, Mederi Inc. v. City of Salem and CommCan, Inc. v. Town of Mansfield. The facts leading up to the Mederi case began nearly three years ago in 2018 when Mederi Inc. was denied a host community agreement (“HCA”) with the city of Salem following a Committee of applications for more than the City’s five...
By: Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law