| Docket # | SJC-10596 |
| Date | February 11, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Energy Facilities Siting Board. Administrative law, Agency's authority, Primary jurisdiction, Substantial evidence, Record, Findings, Regulations. Public utilities, Electrical transmission line, Electric company. Trust, Public trust. Jurisdiction, Administrative matter. Electric company. Municipal corporations, Electric lines. Environment, Environmental impact report. Department of Environmental Protection. |
| Appealed From | SJC for Suffolk County, Justice Margot Botsford |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc.: Douglas H. Wilkins, Nina L. Pickering Cook
Cape Cod Commission: Eric W. Wodlinger, Gareth I. Orsmond
Town of Barnstable: Charles S. McLaughlin |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Energy Facilities Siting Board: Kenneth W. Salinger, Annapurna Balakrishna
Cape Wind Associates LLC: David S. Rosenzweig, Erika J. Hafner |
| Amici Curiae | Town of Aquinnah; Town of Edgartown; Town of Chilmark; Town of West Tisbury; Martha's Vineyard Commission; National Grid; Conservation Law Foundation |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
