From The Associated Press.

PORTLAND, Ore. — An employer is not required to accommodate the use of medical marijuana, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case that cost a worker his job, saying state law is trumped by federal law that classifies pot as an illegal drug.

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Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, a Willamette University law professor, said the Oregon Supreme Court majority went farther than needed to resolve the question of accommodation by ruling federal law pre-empted certain provisions of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act.

"There is this concept of judicial modesty that we only need to decide the limited question before us and go no further," Cunningham-Parmeter said. "The court really abandoned all attempts at judicial modesty here."

As a result, he said, "I think this is a shot across the bow to supporters of medical marijuana or expanded legalization movements in Oregon or in other states."

Read the full article: Court: Ore. medical marijuana can lead to firing.

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