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A judge on Friday granted an injunction blocking the city of Broken Arrow from enforcing ordinances it passed last week that would regulate its local marijuana industry.

Tulsa attorney Ron Durbin requested the injunction in an application filed Tuesday, alleging the city council did not have the authority to pass rules that go beyond those expressly stated in State Question 788.

District Judge Patrick Pickerill, who normally works in Pawnee County, agreed to institute an injunction during an emergency hearing Friday afternoon. Pawnee County shares a judicial district with Tulsa County.

Durbin previously said the process should be halted until and unless lawmakers grant municipalities the ability to enact their own frameworks. He represents prospective Broken Arrow grower Austin Miller and Miller’s company, Cloudi Mornings LLC, in the case.

“We are ecstatic the court ruled in our favor,” Durbin said. “I think the court really considered the factors ... what cities are going through and understood those. But, at the same time, the judge didn’t use his authority to do this when it doesn’t exist.”