Legal Opinion
In re Ochs
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 27, 2006No. 05-385PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. George and Carole Trickett appeal from a decision of the Vermont Environmental Board that their neighbors’ apple growing operation, Crescent Orchards, was a farm and thus exempt from Act 250 review. The Trieketts claim that the apple production company operated by their neighbors, Peter and Carla Ochs, is a commercial enterprise, with attendant off:site production involvement, and it does not qualify for the farming exemption. We affirm.
¶ 2. This Court has experience with the facts in this dispute. We held in Trickett v. Ochs that Vermont’s right-to-farm law did not apply in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re HandySupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
- Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer, Inc. v. Town of JamaicaSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
- Trickett v. OchsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2003
- In Re Nehemiah Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1998
- Vermont Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- In re North East Materials Group LLC Act 250 JO 5-21Supreme Court of Vermont · 2015
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