Monday, February 13, 2012
A civil matter in Macomb County Circuit Court involving Big Daddy's Hydroponics will be treated as criminal contempt case, according to the judge.
Despite the Michigan Attorney General's attempt Monday to shut down Big Daddy's Hydroponics, the medical marijuana compassion center remains open. Big Daddy's lawyer Corbett O'Meara convinced Macomb County Circuit Court Judge John Foster Monday to change the civil matter into a criminal contempt complaint against the Chesterfield Township business. O'Meara argued that converting the type of case means owners Rick and Sue Ferris will receive due process—something Attorney General Bill Schuette would have deprived them under the civil complaint, he said. "The law is very clear and the attorney general was very confused," O'Meara said. "He wanted it to become civil because there would have been a hearing and it would have been shut down today…
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The embattled business is leaving Macomb County within the next couple weeks.
After Chesterfield Township and the Michigan Attorney General's Office won the legal battle to shut down dispensary operations at Big Daddy's Hydroponics, the controversial business said Thursday it's leaving Chesterfield Township. Within the next couple weeks, hydroponic supplies will be moved to different Big Daddy's buildings and the township business, along with its currently closed medical marijuana distribution center, will seek to relocate outside of Macomb County. “We will find another community that’s friendly to us,” Big Daddy's spokesman Rick Thompson said. "We can’t stay where we’re not wanted – even though the people wanted us, the police did not.” The court ruling would have allowed the business to continue to sell …
Friday, November 4, 2011
Protesters flocked to downtown Mount Clemens Thursday as Chesterfield Township and the Michigan Attorney General aim to close Big Daddy's Hydroponics on Gratiot.
Outside Macomb County Circuit Court Thursday, medical marijuana protesters gripped signs with slogans like "Fight crime, not sick people" and "It's my right to a quality of life!" They passionately chanted phrases, such as "Safer than the streets;" "Who's law? My law!" and "Vote green." Inside the Mount Clemens courthouse that afternoon, Chesterfield Township and the Michigan Attorney General's Office tried to a make a case that Big Daddy's Hydroponics should be shut down on grounds it violates township ordinances and is a public nuisance. Among its roles, Big Daddy's serves as a medical marijuana dispensary, also referred to as a compassion center. "I believe that the commercial compassion club is not something we want in the township," …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
As Big Daddy's Hydroponics headed to Macomb County Circuit Court Thursday, dozens of medical marijuana supporters and patients protested Chesterfield Township and the state's attempt to shut down the business.
Dozens of medical marijuana supporters, many of whom are patients, rallied around Big Daddy's Hydroponics Thursday afternoon in front of Macomb County Circuit Court. The protest that kicked off around noon in Mount Clemens preceded an evidentiary hearing before Judge John Foster regarding Chesterfield Township and Attorney General Bill Schuette's attempt to shut down the business on Gratiot north of 23 Mile on grounds it violates zoning ordinances and is a public nuisance. Medical marijuana cardholder Savannah Lanczak, 28, traveled three hours to the rally from her Pinconning, MI, home to show her support for the dispensary. "It's important to me because there are sick, ill people suffering," Lanczak said. "Bill Schuette's involvement …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Supporters of medical marijuana are scheduled to protest from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday in front of Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens while a hearing for the Chesterfield Township case to shut down Big Daddy's Hydroponics takes place that day.
Medical marijuana supporters are scheduled to protest outside Macomb County Circuit Court Thursday in Mount Clemens as Chesterfield Township and the state attempt to shut down Big Daddy's Hydroponics. The protest will be held from noon to 3 p.m., while an evidentiary hearing before Judge John Foster is slated for 1:30 p.m. between the parties in court. Chesterfield Township, Police Chief Bruce Smith and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette are fighting to close Big Daddy's, which operates a medical marijuana dispensary on Gratiot north of 23 Mile in the township. The defendants named in the lawsuit are Big Daddy's Management Group LLC, owners Rick and Sue Ferris and landlord Pasquale Acciavatti. Big Daddy's has been accused of violating…
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
On heels of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette joining Chesterfield Township's lawsuit against the medical marijuana dispensary on Gratiot, Big Daddy's says it's fighting back.
Walking into Big Daddy's Hydroponics in Chesterfield Township, you might not guess the business is at the center of a high-profile lawsuit over the legality of medical marijuana dispensaries in Michigan. A man stands at the counter, filling out paperwork while a woman awaits information for her daughter with an advanced cancer. Merchandise like cultivating supplies and bongs are available for purchase while rows of medical marijuana advocacy literature pepper shelves. But get Big Daddy Management Group shareholder and Michigan Medical Marijuana Magazine Editor Rick Thompson talking about the business' mission to sell medical marijuana, and he'll say they're not just blowing smoke. "This is the social revolution of our time," Thompson told …
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