The attached is a letter from the office Jim Goetz. It seems there is much confusion over whether or not our attorney can accept payments from other organizations outside of the MTCIA. This letter should help clear up that misconception. Donations for the lawsuit against SB423 and the state of Montana can only be submitted by the Read More »
Dear Members: Last month I had the opportunity to meet several providers and cardholders from Butte and Kalispell. It was a very productive trip in terms of interacting with our colleagues in the medical cannabis community. We did collect donations for the Goetz legal fund from generous donors in both Butte and Kalispell. We still Read More »
Dear Members Finally some good news to report! Our attorney Jim Goetz had a pretrial scheduling conference last Friday in Helena. Our upcoming hearing is scheduled for May 20, 2014. We have nearly a full year the status quo before we need to start sweating over more GOP – led assaults on the cannabis community Read More »
As most of you know in May the MTCIA elected a new president, Mort Reid. There are several things that are going on at this point. Mort Reid will be in Butte on Wednesday June 12th @ 7:00 p.m. at 709 Utah and in Kalispell Thursday June 13 @ 730pm at the VFW 330 1st Read More »
Dear Members, As of Wednesday May 22, we have raised $40,272.00 toward the legal fund that keeps our lawsuit alive and active. We gave the Goetz Law Firm that full amount the same day. We now have all of the balance paid in full and have $17,000.00 in Goetz trust account for his retainer in Read More »
The Montana Supreme Court hearing in our case is tomorrow. It is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. in the court’s chambers on the third floor of the Justice and State Library Building, 215 N. Sanders, in Helena. The Court has ordered that each side has 30 minutes or less in which to make Read More »
The following link is to the combined reply and response brief filed by the State of Montana in regards to their appeal on the temporary injunction. It will give you an idea of what the State will present during oral arguments with the Montana Supreme Court on April 30. State’s Combined Reply and Response Brief Read More »
On April 30, the Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to determine if Judge Reynolds was right in granting the temporary injunction that blocked certain portions of SB 423. The hearing will be held in Bozeman at the MSU Strand Union Building. The Montana Supreme Court holds an annual ‘Law Day’ on the MSU Read More »
