Legal Opinion
Ten Taxpayer Citizens Group v. Cape Wind Associates, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 28, 2004No. 03-2323PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is an early round in the legal battle over whether a commercial wind energy farm may be built in Nantucket Sound.
In October 2002, Ten Taxpayer Citizens Group and several additional plaintiffs (together, Ten Taxpayer) filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court to prevent Cape Wind Associates from erecting a 197-foot data collection tower in Nantucket Sound. The complaint alleged that Massachusetts state courts had jurisdiction over the project and that Cape Wind had failed to obtain the necessary permits under state law. Cape Wind removed the action to…
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