Judge rules in favor of Nevada liquor distributors; could delay July 1 retail marijuana sales
A Carson City District Court judge granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday that may temporarily halt plans for the retail sale of recreational marijuana in Nevada that was to begin July 1.
District Judge James Wilson ruled in favor of Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada’s request in a dispute with the Nevada Department of Taxation.
The ruling stops the State Department of Taxation from issuing distribution licenses to anyone but licensed liquor dealers.
“The Department is enjoined from: Issuing a retail distributor license to any person or entity other than wholesale alcohol distributors; making any determination of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the number of alcohol distributors under NRS 453D.210(3) until it has adopted valid definitions or rules for determining what number of distributors is required to serve the market, through the regulation-making process in NRS Chapter 233B; Enforcing the May 31, 2017 application deadline in Section 15 of the Regulation.”
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