Hemp & Cannabis Litigation
The cannabis and hemp court fights that decided what can be sold — from Hemp Industries v. DEA (2004) through challenges to state restrictions and the federal §781 redefinition. Curated landmark cases include summaries and recorded outcomes; related docket-feed filings show the available court metadata.
Landmark docket
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| U.S. Hemp Roundtable, Inc., et al. v. California Department of Public HealthOpen source record Hemp industry sued to block California's September 2024 emergency regulations banning products with 'detectable' THC amounts; challenged regulatory overreach. | L.A. Cty. Super. Ct. CA | Court denied TRO (Oct 10, 2024); emergency hemp regulations remained in effect; litigation pending as of August 2026 | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Apothio LLC v. Kern County, et al.Open source record Hemp cultivator sued after Kern County bulldozed 500 acres of legally authorized hemp crops valued at $1 billion, claiming constitutional violations and excessive property destruction. | E.D. Cal. CA | Ongoing litigation; federal judge allowed Fourth Amendment excessive destruction claim to proceed (2024) but dismissed due process claims | Apr 1, 2020 |
Related recent filings
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