US Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil maker fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient.


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The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver

The truck driver said he was fired after using a product that was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient

The driver said he took the product to help with chronic shoulder and back pain after a serious accident

He was fired after failing a routine drug test


Douglas Horn says he took the product to help with chronic shoulder and back pain he had after a serious accident. The company said it contained CBD, a generally legal compound that is widely sold as a dietary supplement and included in personal-care products, but not THC, which gives marijuana its high, Horn said in court documents.

After a failed routine drug test got him fired, Horn says he confirmed with a lab that the product did have THC. He sued the Vista, California, company under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, among other claims, alleging the THC-free marketing amounted to fraud.

 

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SCOTUS BLOG CASE TIMELIME

Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-365 2nd Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: Whether economic harms resulting from personal injuries are injuries to “business or property by reason of” the defendant’s acts for purposes of a civil treble-damages action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Date Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Oct 03 2023 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2023)
Nov 06 2023 Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Nov 07 2023 Waiver of right of respondent Douglas Horn, et al. to respond filed.
Nov 14 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
Nov 16 2023 Response Requested. (Due December 18, 2023)
Dec 01 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 18, 2023 to January 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 07 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 17, 2024.
Jan 09 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2024 to February 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 16 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2024.
Feb 13 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2024 to March 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Feb 15 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 18, 2024.
Mar 18 2024 Brief of respondent Douglas Horn in opposition filed.
Apr 03 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
Apr 03 2024 Reply of petitioners Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 22 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
Apr 29 2024 Petition GRANTED.

Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

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