DETROIT (WWJ) -- The city of Detroit has lost a legal battle pertaining to its ordinance on who can apply for a marijuana business license.
A 19-page order from federal court Judge Bernard Friedman grants a preliminary injunction.
Judge Friedman writes that the city's process for obtaining a recreational marijuana retail license "gives an unfair, irrational and likely unconstitutional advantage to long-term Detroit residents over all other applicants."
Crystal Lowe, the plaintiff, filed suit against the city back in March after the council approved an ordinance that gave an advantage to residents who had lived in the city for ten to 15 years or more.
Under the ordinance, Lowe was not eligible to apply for a retail license to sell recreational marijuana, which she says violates Michigan's constitution.
At present, the city of Detroit has not said if it will appeal the decision.
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