Legal Opinion
Halliday v. Town of Halfmoon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 9, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mycek, J.), entered August 10, 1995 in Saratoga County, which, inter alia, granted certain defendants’ motions dismissing the complaint for lack of jurisdiction.
Plaintiffs are residents of the Town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County, who live in the neighborhood surrounding the Old Erie Canal. In the mid to late 1960s defendant Town of Half-moon allowed a portion of the Old Erie Canal to be used as a landfill. Plaintiffs allege that toxic wastes and hazardous *710chemicals were disposed of in this landfill and that these chemicals have "contaminated…
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