Legal Opinion
Town of Barnstable v. O'Connor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 18, 2015No. 14-1597, 14-1598PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from the latest in a series of lawsuits by opponents of a proposed off-shore wind power generation facility in Nantucket Sound. Plaintiffs — who include the Town of Barnstable, a nonprofit advocacy group named Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, and businesses and individuals residing near the proposed facility 1 — sought an injunction and a declaratory judgment in federal district court against officials of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (“DOER”) (together, the “state…
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