United States Second Circuit
Goodspeed Airport LLC v. Department of Environmental Protection, 10-516
In an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief establishing and protecting an airport's right to cut certain trees on its property, part of which is protected wetlands, judgment in favor of defendants, determining that the Connecticut Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act and the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act, as well as municipal regulations pursuant thereto (specifically the imposition of a permit requirement on cutting trees on protected wetlands), are neither expressly nor impliedly preempted by the Federal Aviation Act, the Airline Deregulation Act, or Federal Aviation Agency regulations promulgated thereunder, is affirmed.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/10/2011
- Published 02/10/2011
Judges
- WESLEY
Court
- United States Second Circuit