JLPR was among 81 companies that tried for a cultivation license from Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food and came close to getting one, the court said.
This time, they included a blistering audit produced by Utah State Auditor John Dougall, who found a number of problems with the state’s medical cannabis cultivation license process.
“In evaluating the Board’s decision to dismiss JLPR’s protest, we are limited in our review to the record on appeal: the materials submitted to and considered by the Officer and the Board in rendering the administrative decision at issue,” Judge Harris wrote.