Judge rejects lawsuit seeking to block Bonnie Brae’s first pot shop
- The Denver Post · May 3, 2023
A Denver judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by eight people who live near Bonnie Brae, clearing the way for that neighborhood’s first dispensary to open next month.
District Court Judge Christopher Baumann ruled April 28 that the residents’ Dec. 12 lawsuit was filed one week too late and therefore outside a 28-day statute of limitations.
“This court is not in receipt of any competent evidence to justify an alternative finding,” he wrote.
The judge’s order is a win for Silver Stem Fine Cannabis, which asked the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses last March to let it transfer one of its existing retail and medical licenses to 2331 E. Ohio Ave., just around the corner from Bonnie Brae Ice Cream.
Public hearings were held over two days in June, after which a hearing officer recommended that Excise and Licenses approve…
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A Denver judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by eight people who live near Bonnie Brae, clearing the way for that neighborhood’s first dispensary to open next month.
District Court Judge Christopher Baumann ruled April 28 that the residents’ Dec. 12 lawsuit was filed one week too late and therefore outside a 28-day statute of limitations.
“This court is not in receipt of any competent evidence to justify an alternative finding,” he wrote.
The judge’s order is a win for Silver Stem Fine Cannabis, which asked the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses last March to let it transfer one of its existing retail and medical licenses to 2331 E. Ohio Ave., just around the corner from Bonnie Brae Ice Cream.
Public hearings were held over two days in June, after which a hearing officer recommended that Excise and Licenses approve…
