New York City’s crackdown on illicit marijuana operators is constitutional, a federal judge has ruled.
In his March 21 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge J. Paul Oetken granted the city’s request for a dismissal of a lawsuit brought by 27 unlicensed cannabis retailers whose store doors were padlocked and inventory seized in May 2024.
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Led by an operator called Moon Rocket, the businesses filed a lawsuit in June 2024 alleging that New York City’s Operation Padlock to Protect violated their due process rights under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
A month later, the unlicensed operators sought an injunction to halt the city’s enforcement, but Oetken denied the request.
And then came the latest ruling, in which Oetken determined the plaintiffs failed
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