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BOSTON (AP) — A judge has ordered state regulators to allow a company previously headed by former congressman William Delahunt to move forward with plans to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Mashpee and Plymouth.
The Suffolk Superior Court judge found that the Department of Public Health failed to follow its own regulations when it rejected a bid by Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts to open three dispensaries.
The denial came five months after the company scored the highest among 100 applicants and was among 20 selected to move on to the inspection phase.
The company's chief executive tells The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/1HZ3N8E ) he's hopeful the company could win final state approval and be open for business by January.
Delahunt no longer has a financial stake in the company.
The state is reviewing the decision.
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