Eric D. Speidell, et al., Petitioners v. United States

  1. August 23, 2021

    Justices Won't Rethink Passing On IRS Pot Summons Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to rethink its denial of a pair of appeals by marijuana companies and their owners challenging Internal Revenue Service summonses for state information about their businesses.

  2. August 17, 2021

    Pot Cos. Tell Justices IRS Hiked Taxes After Cert. Denial

    A cannabis business owner again urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case opposing summonses by the IRS for state information about his company, saying the agency recently increased his personal tax liability by about $34 million.

  3. July 13, 2021

    Thomas Comment Justifies Pot Summons Redo, Justices Told

    The U.S. Supreme Court should reconsider a group of marijuana companies' challenge to IRS information summonses after Justice Clarence Thomas recently suggested that the federal government's pot prohibition may be improper, the companies told the high court.

  4. June 21, 2021

    Justices Won't Hear Pot Cos.' Challenge To IRS Summonses

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a challenge from a group of marijuana companies to IRS summonses seeking information from Colorado on their business activities, which lower courts found the agency had the authority to pursue.

  5. June 01, 2021

    IRS Cannot Investigate Federal Drug Crimes, Justices Told

    A statute prohibiting tax deductions and credits for controlled substances should not permit the Internal Revenue Service to probe Colorado legal cannabis companies in a criminal investigation, the companies told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.

  6. May 24, 2021

    IRS Tells Justices To Uphold Summonses On Pot Cos.

    For the second time this year, the Biden administration's acting solicitor general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a ruling allowing the IRS to seek information about Colorado pot businesses, saying federal law is clear that pot is illegal.

  7. March 24, 2021

    IRS Pot Co. Summonses Should Be Nixed, Justices Told

    The Internal Revenue Service shouldn't be able to enforce summonses seeking information related to Colorado marijuana businesses' sales because those activities within the state aren't prohibited by federal law, a group of cannabis companies told the U.S. Supreme Court.