Wild v. Brooks

¶ 1. Plaintiff George Wild initiated this action to permanently enjoin the operation of a commercial shooting range that borders his property. The superior court dismissed Wild’s suit after trial, concluding that, at the time of the trial, the terms of the range’s Act 250 permit prohibited operations for a period of up to ten years, therefore an injunction could not issue because there was no activity to enjoin and would not likely be any in the foreseeable future. Alternatively, it ruled that 10 V.S.A. § 5227(b) immunized defendants from suits seeking injunctions related to nuisance noise.…