Lawsuits Challenge Good Day Farm Ownership of Missouri Dispensaries

Two lawsuits filed weeks apart accuse Arkansas-based Good Day Farm of controlling more Missouri marijuana dispensaries than state law permits. The suits were filed in April by Local Cannabis and VIBE and in May by Missouri resident Damon Frost Jr. Local Cannabis and VIBE allege that Good Day Farm operates 61 of the state's 229 dispensaries through 48 LLCs and its employees.

They also claim the company controls upwards of 40 percent of wholesale cannabis purchases in Missouri. Both plaintiffs seek an injunction to void related agreements and monetary damages including restitution.

Missouri voters approved recreational marijuana in 2022. The measure set a 10 percent ownership cap on licenses for dispensaries, cultivation, and manufacturing. An earlier 2018 constitutional provision for medical marijuana had used a stricter "substantially common control" standard.

Good Day Farm established separate LLCs for each stage of its supply chain and filed them with the Missouri secretary of state. Documents show Alex Gray holds 19 dispensary licenses under the Good Day Farm brand and 14 under a vertical called CODES.

Angela Irby registered the CODES CANNABIS name and organized two other LLCs that control nine additional licenses.

Cox, communications director at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said the Division of Cannabis Regulation reviewed each license application in question. The agency has no upcoming legal action planned against the company. Good Day Farm, Irby, Gray, and attorneys for the plaintiffs did not respond to requests for comment.

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