A judge has ruled against the Puffs Dispensary’s request for a preliminary injunction to require the city of Menominee to provide the final approval to open their dispensary on 10^th street.

In an opinion filed October 14th, Judge Mary B. Barglind noted that another marijuana retailer, Highwire Farms, LLC, remains contractually bound by a settlement with the city to receive a license and is just as ready to open as Puffs. On November 4^th. Menominee voters will be asked a second time if the number of dispensaries should be limited to 9. If that passes, the city will be limited to handing out one additional license, though two additional dispensaries are ready to open.  Barglind says granting Puff’s request could put the city in breach of its settlement agreement, and spark more litigation.  Barglind asked for a pretrial conference be scheduled in the case, and she also intends to  send the Puffs suit and the Plemel vs City of Menominee cases to Facilitative Mediation together, and asked the attorneys to have  a facilitative mediator in mind at the time of the pre-trial conference.