Publication Date: 2017-07-12
Practice Area: Tax
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Judge: Before: Peradotto, J.P., Carni, Lindley, Troutman, and Scudder, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners-Appellants: Jeffrey R. Hoops, of the Washington, DC and Virginia Bars, Admitted Pro Hac Vice, of Counsel, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, and Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Syracuse.
for defendant: For Respondent-Respondent Seneca County Industrial Development Agency: Robert L. Halpin of Counsel, The Halpin Firm, Montour Falls. For Respondents-Respondents Lago Resort & Casino, LLC, Wilpac Holdings, LLC, Wilmot Gaming, LLC, Wilpac Funding, LLC, Thomas C. Wilmot, Sr., M. Brent Stevens, Wilmorite, Inc., and PGP Investors, LLC: Mark C. Holscher, of the California Bar, Admitted Pro Hac Vice, of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, California, and Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford.
Case Number: CA 16-01791
County Industrial Development Authority Had Rational Basis to Award PILOT Financ sistance to Resort and Casino Project; No Causal Nexus Between Alleged Environmental Injuries and Grant of Finan