COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A company bumped out of consideration for one of Ohio's 12 large medical marijuana cultivator licenses in favor of lower-scoring minority-owned companies filed suit against the state Wednesday.
PharmaCann Ohio, LLC wants the court to order the Ohio Department of Commerce to award licenses to the top-scoring applicants, including PharmaCann, and is seeking a temporary order to stop the department from issuing provisional licenses to the two minority-owned companies.
The lawsuit was the first filed challenging the results of a months-long, expensive process of applying for a limited number of grow licenses. At least one other losing applicant has said it plans to sue the state.
