Peridot Tree v. City of Sacramento(22-16783)

This case raises the issue of whether the Dormant Commerce Clause applies to the federally illegal cannabis market. CSAC’s amicus brief argues that the dormant Commerce Clause does not apply to local regulation of the federally prohibited recreational marijuana market and that local government has a compelling interest in enacting local policies and ordinances that address local issues while advancing federal policy of discouraging interstate commerce in a federally prohibited activity. The brief was drafted by RCRC’s Arthur Wylene and Taylor Kayatta.