Hansen v. Ludera

The institution of this action marks the fourth attempt to seek judicial intervention, through the medium of taxpayers’ actions, in the long and tortuous public controversy that has surrounded legislative action respecting the construction by the County of Erie of domed stadium facilities. The first three actions all sought, on one ground or another, to enjoin the County Executive and the County Legislature from entering into a long-term lease or in the alternative a management contract with Kenford Company, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Dome Stadium, Inc. The complaints in all of…