A New Jersey appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a cannabis cultivator against a group of residents who opposed its proposed facility in Lebanon Township.

The judges ruled that the opposition group was protected under the right to free speech.

The NAR Group sued the Save Lebanon Township Coalition and several residents, alleging they acted in bad faith to block the company’s plans to open a cannabis cultivation site in Hunterdon County.

The lawsuit claimed one defendant, William Bohn, initially sought to invest in the project and later planned to open his own cannabis facility. When his investment bid was rejected, the NAR Group alleged Bohn helped form the coalition to derail the project.

Attorneys for the NAR Group and the Save Lebanon Township Coalitio

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