Having spent nearly every day of the last three years thinking about Alabama's medical cannabis licensing and the past year closely following the seemingly endless litigation that continues to this day, I took special note of a recent decision of the Missouri Supreme Court affirming the denial of a cannabis license to an applicant that had not complied with the rules governing applicants.
That decision could serve as a persuasive precedent for Alabama courts facing similar issues in the coming days.
Recently, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that it was appropriate to deny Mo Cann Do's application for a medical marijuana cultivation facility license, finding that its submission was ineligible because it did not include a certificate of good standing from the secretary of state. According to the court:
"Because MCD did not include a certificate of good standing in its application as was required by regulation to demonstrate its authority to operate as a business in Missouri, MCD failed to meet the minimum standards for licensure."
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