Standing Akimbo, et al v. United States
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January 27, 2023
Pot Co. Loses Bid To Void IRS Summonses At 10th Circ.
A Colorado marijuana dispensary lost its appeal to quash Internal Revenue Service summonses seeking financial records from a state regulator under a 10th Circuit decision Friday that disregarded Justice Clarence Thomas' criticism of federal regulation of cannabis.
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September 27, 2022
Justice Thomas' Pot Statements Debated In 10th Circ. Tax Row
Although U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has questioned the federal prohibition on state-legal cannabis, a Tenth Circuit judge during oral arguments Tuesday cast doubt on whether those statements support a dispensary's challenge to IRS summonses seeking its financial records.
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March 31, 2022
IRS' Pot Co. Summonses Should Be Tossed, 10th Circ. Told
The Tenth Circuit should undo a lower court decision permitting the IRS to proceed with summonses seeking records from a cannabis dispensary because the agency is impermissibly trying to enforce the Controlled Substances Act, the dispensary told the appeals court.
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March 07, 2022
Entire 10th Circ. Won't Hear Pot Co.'s IRS Summons Case
The entire Tenth Circuit will not initially review a cannabis company's attempt to quash summonses issued by the IRS, saying in a brief order Monday that none of its judges took up the company's request to skip a panel decision.
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February 25, 2022
10th Circ. Urged To Dismiss Pot Co.'s IRS Summons Case
A Colorado-based cannabis dispensary's attempt to quash summonses issued by the Internal Revenue Services to a state regulator is based on flawed constitutional arguments, lacks merit and should be dismissed, the U.S. government told the Tenth Circuit on Friday.
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February 24, 2022
Citing Thomas, Pot Co. Asks Full 10th Circ. To Hear IRS Row
A Colorado cannabis dispensary on Wednesday asked the entire Tenth Circuit to hear its dispute with the IRS, saying the issues raised are urgent enough to skip a panel decision.
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December 21, 2021
10th Circ. Urged To Block IRS' Pot Dispensary Summonses
A marijuana dispensary told the Tenth Circuit the IRS should be blocked from enforcing summonses that seek the dispensary's sales reports and other data, saying the information requests would enforce an unconstitutional law denying tax benefits to pot businesses.