The American Civil Liberties of Michigan has filed suit against the cities of Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Livonia on behalf of Linda Lott, a 61 year-old medical marihuana patient who suffers from multiple sclerosis, is wheelchair bound and legally blind, and her husband Robert Lott, a 61 year-old medical marihuana patient and caregiver who suffers from glaucoma.  The suit was filed in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Livonia all passed similar zoning ordinances that prohibit uses inconsistent with or contrary to federal law. In late July of 2010, the ACLU warned the cities that such ordinances were preempted by state law [see our July 30, 2010 post].