Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition, LLC; CANNABIS INDUSTRY VICTIMS SEEKING JUSTICE, LLC; RENNE BARCHITTA; EDWIN DE LA CRUZ; ERIC R. DE LA CRUZ; PHIL ORENSTEIN; PHILIP MCMANUS; ROBERT CAEMMER; RICHARD P. MCARTHUR; AND RONNIE HICKEY, against New York State Cannabis Control Board; NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT; TREMAINE WRIGHT, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE NEW YORK STATE CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; FELICIA A. B. REID, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AMANDA HILLER, ACTING TAX COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; NEW YORK SOCIAL EQUITY CANNABIS INVESTMENT FUND, LP; DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; and SOCIAL EQUITY SERVICING CORPORATION [2025]

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Reference to Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition, LLC; CANNABIS INDUSTRY VICTIMS SEEKING JUSTICE, LLC; RENNE BARCHITTA; EDWIN DE LA CRUZ; ERIC R. DE LA CRUZ; PHIL ORENSTEIN; PHILIP MCMANUS; ROBERT CAEMMER; RICHARD P. MCARTHUR; AND RONNIE HICKEY, against New York State Cannabis Control Board; NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT; TREMAINE WRIGHT, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE NEW YORK STATE CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; FELICIA A. B. REID, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AMANDA HILLER, ACTING TAX COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; NEW YORK SOCIAL EQUITY CANNABIS INVESTMENT FUND, LP; DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; and SOCIAL EQUITY SERVICING CORPORATION (2025 NY Slip Op 25045) strengthens a Cannabis Law answer because the case reflects the principle that Use this case as a source-verified research checkpoint rather than an invented rule statement. The ratio should be extracted from the linked opinion by identifying the legal test applied, the facts treated as decisive, and the court's stated reason for the outcome. Applied to a problem question, the case should be used after identifying the issue as What Cannabis Law issue does the source record raise, and how should a student verify the rule, holding, and factual trigger from the linked opinion? The stronger essay move is to connect the material facts to the court's holding, then explain whether the present facts support the same conclusion or justify distinguishing the authority.