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CARL BORNEMANN ET AL. v. CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL ET AL. (SC 17984)
Vertefeuille, Zarella, Schaller, Sullivan and Doherty, Js. Argued April 16--officially released June 3, 2008

Gabriel North Seymour and Whitney North Seymour, Jr., pro hac vice, for the appellants (plaintiffs). Robert L. Marconi, assistant attorney general, with whom was Jennifer A. Herz, certified legal intern, for the appellee (named defendant). Wayne F. Dennison, pro hac vice, with whom, on the brief, was Elizabeth T. Arana, for the appellee (defendant Nextel Communications, Inc.).

Opinion

PER CURIAM. The defendant Nextel Communications, Inc. (Nextel), obtained from the named defendant, the Connecticut Siting Council (council), the approval necessary to construct a cellular tower on certain real property owned by the Carl and Barbara Bornemann Family Trust without a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need as required by General Statutes

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