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Marijuana Lawsuit In Illinois: Courts Order State To Turn Over Secret Applications For Growing ...

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 08:56

The Illinois Department of Agriculture must turn over some of the applications it considered during the time it awarded medical marijuana growing licenses to various bidders, two courts ruled Thursday. The decisions centers on a lawsuit filed in February claiming state regulators may have mishandled the process of granting licenses and have kept the process secret. Turning over some of the applications would give lawyers a chance to review the process, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit, PM Rx LLC, which lost a bid for a license to grow marijuana in Kankakee to competitor Cresco Labs LLC, alleges that Cresco Labs was given special consideration by former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. "Unlike the State, we firmly believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant for this selection process,” PM Rx said in a statement, according to the Tribune. Earlier this month, a judge...

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