The IRS has no authority to declare that a taxpayer has violated federal anti-drug laws, a Colorado marijuana dispensary tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a new petition that takes the justices into a dispute over state legalization schemes and federal taxation.

The Green Solution Retail Inc., one of the largest retail marijuana chains in Colorado, petitioned the high court this week to overturn a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruling in May that said federal law bars lawsuits challenging tax assessment activities.

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