Chittenden Solid Waste District v. Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Co.

Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. (HS&G) appeals from a judgment of the Chittenden Superior Court condemning its land in Williston for use as a landfill. HS&G claims that the trial court erred by: (1) not deciding whether a publicly-owned landfill was needed in Chittenden County; (2) considering and imposing a condition on Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) to make sand available to HS&G after condemnation (the “stockpile plan”); (3) excluding evidence that CSWD acted in bad faith by seeking to condemn the property; and (4) making clearly erroneous findings of fact. We affirm.

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