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Wind lawsuits against Cohocton project dismissed
A legal roadblock attempting to sideline wind development in Cohocton was dismissed Tuesday morning.
Steuben County Supreme Court Judge Marianne Furfure sided with Cohocton town officials, wind development company First Wind and leaseholders Tuesday morning, dismissing three lawsuits filed by Cohocton Wind Watch to overturn the special use permits that allowed the 50-turbine project to be built.
September 16, 2008
by Bob Clark
in The Evening Tribune
A legal roadblock attempting to sideline wind development in Cohocton was dismissed Tuesday morning.
Steuben County Supreme Court Judge Marianne Furfure sided with Cohocton town officials, wind development company First Wind and leaseholders Tuesday morning, dismissing three lawsuits filed by Cohocton Wind Watch to overturn the special use permits that allowed the 50-turbine project to be built.
According to Cohocton town Supervisor Jack Zigenfus, Furfure made her ruling from the bench. No written copy of the decision was available Tuesday afternoon, according to employees at the Steuben County Supreme Court Clerk's office.
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