Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Barnes Building Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 6, 1974PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohn F. Scileppi, J.
This is a complex and multifaceted litigation involving, essentially, an interpretation of the term "tidal wetlands” as it is used in the new Tidal Wetlands Act (ECL art 25), which accounts for this rather lengthy decision.
The background of this litigation is as follows. Barnes Building Co., Inc., one of the parties, plans to erect a housing development on land adjoining Hook Pond in the Village of East Hampton. The Group for America’s South Fork, Inc., a conservation group, objects to the proposed construction on the ground that Hook Pond and the surrounding land are tidal wetlands. The…
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