IL Judge Rules Against Marijuana Craft Grower Applicants Seeking Immediate Licenses
By law, the 40 grower licenses were supposed to be issued by July 1
More than three dozen companies who applied for marijuana craft grower licenses will continue to wait after a court ruling kept the permits in limbo.
Cook County Judge Allen Walker ruled against the Illinois Craft Cannabis Association, which wanted him to require Gov. J.B. Pritzker to award the licenses.
By law, the 40 grower licenses were supposed to be issued by July 1, but Pritzker has not done so, initially citing delays in reviewing the applications because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a ruling issued Christmas Eve, Walker wrote that the governor’s initial emergency order delaying the licenses was insufficient. But Walker also wrote that a later governor’s order clarified the delay was necessary because the pandemic has forced the Illinois Department of Agriculture, which is supposed to issue the licenses, to concentrate on oversight of meat and livestock facilities and the food supply chain.
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