Goodspeed Airport v. East Haddam, No. X07-Cv01 0076811s (Jan. 7, 2003)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

The respondents, the East Haddam Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission (IWC) and its members, move to dismiss an application for temporary injunction filed by the applicants, Goodspeed Airport, LLC, Timothy Mellon, and Timothy Evans d/b/a Evans Contracting. The stated basis for this motion to dismiss is a failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

A brief history of interrelated litigation among the parties is necessary. In April 2001, James Ventres, enforcement officer for the IWC,…