SAFE STREETS ALLIANCE v. HICKENLOOPER

No. 16-1048, No. 16-1095, No. 16-1266.

859 F.3d 865 (2017)

SAFE STREETS ALLIANCE; Phillis Windy Hope Reilly; Michael P. Reilly, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John W. HICKENLOOPER, in his official capacity as Governor of Colorado; Barbara J. Brohl, in her official capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue; James Burack, in his official capacity as Director of the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division; The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pueblo; Pueblo County Liquor & Marijuana Licensing Board, Defendants-Appellees, and Alternative Holistic Healing, LLC, d/b/a Rocky Mountain Organic; Joseph R. Licata; Jason M. Licata; 6480 Pickney, LLC; Parker Walton; Camp Feel Good, LLC; Roger Guzman; Blackhawk Development Corporation; Washington International Insurance Co.; John Doe 1, Defendants. State of Nebraska; State of Oklahoma, Intervenors. State of Washington; State of Oregon; Robert A. Mikos; Sam Kamin; Douglas A. Berman; Robert J. Watkins; Alex Kreit, Amici Curiae. Justin E. Smith; Chad Day; Shayne Heap; Ronald B. Bruce; Casey Sheridan; Frederick D. Mckee; John D. Jenson; Mark L. Overman; Burton Pianalto; Charles F. Moser; Paul B. Schaub; Scott DeCoste, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John W. Hickenlooper, Governor of the State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellee. State of Washington; State of Oregon; Robert A. Mikos; Sam Kamin; Douglas A. Berman; Robert J. Watkins; Alex Kreit, Amici Curiae. Safe Streets Alliance; Phillis Windy Hope Reilly; Michael P. Reilly, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alternative Holistic Healing, LLC, d/b/a Rocky Mountain Organic; Joseph R. Licata; Jason M. Licata; 6480 Pickney, LLC; Parker Walton; Camp Feel Good, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and Roger Guzman; Blackhawk Development Corporation; Washington International Insurance Co.; The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pueblo; Pueblo County Liquor & Marijuana Licensing Board; John Doe 1, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED June 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. Barnes and David H. Thompson ( Charles J. Cooper , Howard C. Nielson, Jr. , and Peter A. Patterson , with them on the briefs), of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Nos. 16-1048 and 16-1266.

Patrick R. Wyrick , Solicitor General of Oklahoma ( E. Scott Pruitt , Attorney General of Oklahoma, and Mithun Mansinghani , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Douglas J. Peterson , Attorney General of Nebraska, Ryan S. Post and David A. Lopez , Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Nebraska Attorney General, Lincoln, Nebraska, with him on the briefs), for Intervenors, State of Oklahoma and State of Nebraska.

Matthew D. Grove , Assistant Solicitor General of Colorado ( Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Claudia Brett Goldin , First Assistant Attorney General, Scott R. Bauer , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sueanna P. Johnson , Assistant Attorney General, and Frederick R. Yarger , Solicitor General, with him on the brief), all of the Office of the Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees, John W. Hickenlooper, Barbara J. Brohl, and James Burack.

Matthew W. Buck , of The Cannabis Law Firm, Denver, Colorado, for Alternative Holistic Healing, LLC, d/b/a Rocky Mountain Organic, Joseph R. Licata, Jason M. Licata, 6480 Pickney, LLC, Parker Walton, and Camp Feel Good, LLC, Defendants-Appellees in No. 16-1266.

Paul V. Kelly , John J. Commisso , and Anne E. Selinger , of Jackson Lewis P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, filed a brief on behalf of Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 16-1095.

Josh A. Marks and Melanie B. Lewis , of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP, Boulder, Colorado, and Gregory J. Styduhar , Pueblo County Attorney, Pueblo, Colorado, filed a brief on behalf of Defendants-Appellees, Pueblo County Liquor & Marijuana Licensing Board and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pueblo, Colorado.

Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Jeffrey T. Even , Deputy Solicitor General, and Bruce L. Turcott , Assistant Attorney General, State of Washington, Olympia, Washington, filed a brief on behalf of Amici Curiae, State of Washington and State of Oregon.

Michael Francisco , of MRDLaw, Denver, Colorado, and Robert A. Mikos , Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, filed a brief on behalf of Amici Curiae, Law Professors in Support of the Respondent State of Colorado.

Before BRISCOE, HARTZ and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


These three appeals arise from two cases that concern the passage, implementation, and alleged effects of Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution, Colo. Const. art. XVIII, § 16. Amendment 64 repealed many of the State's criminal and civil proscriptions on "recreational marijuana,"1 and...

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