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Uncle_Father_Oscar t1_irk69di wrote

Reply to comment by plugubius in Pot twist: Cannabis firm refuses federal judge's ruling because its business isn't legal under federal law by Doc_Dante

Yes he does. So what? Doesn't matter. No it's not.

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plugubius t1_irk7emx wrote

The applicability of state law is straight-forward Erie. The federal court must ask whether the Illinois Supreme Court would hold the lease is invalid. In answering that question, the federal court is allowed to ask whether federal law preempts any state court or legislative pronouncements, but preemption is narrow.

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