A medical marijuana company’s lawsuit that claims regulators illegally rejected its grower’s license application will move forward after a judge denied motions to resolve the case.
Court records show Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams on Wednesday denied a motion by medical marijuana businesses including Green Thumb Industries, also known as GTI Maryland. GTI sought a license to grow in Frederick’s senatorial districts 3 and 4.
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The company, which has operations in Illinois, Massachusetts and Nevada, was initially selected as one of the top 15 of 146 applicants for pre-approval at a July 27 Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission subcommittee meeting. The next day, the commission chair contacted the subcommittee, saying the map it used in the process was flawed because it had Anne Arundel County as part of southern Maryland.
GTI and Maryland Cultivation and Processing then lost their places in the top 15 after the board decided it needed greater geographic diversity among the licensees. Those companies fired back with a lawsuit claiming the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission violated its own rules when it bumped the companies off the list.
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