Almost a full year after Nebraska and Oklahoma sued Colorado over its legalization of marijuana, the litigation is languishing on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket as it awaits the views of the Obama administration.
The unusual lawsuit, which invokes the high court’s “original jurisdiction” over disputes between states, was filed last year on Dec. 18 last year. More than seven months ago, the justices on May 4 invited U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. to file a brief in the case. The average wait time for the most recent invited briefs submitted by the solicitor general’s office was roughly four months.
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