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Bob Meinetz
Bob Meinetz
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Wind energy company denied summary judgement

"A wind energy company which filed a lawsuit against the Hardin County Board of Supervisors has been denied its request for a partial summary judgement in Iowa District Court. 

District Court Judge John R. Flynn denied RWE Renewables' request for a summary judgement. RWE argued it has vested rights due to the investment of at least $2,000,000 already made by the company in Hardin County before the board voted to amend the ordinance governing commercial wind energy conversions systems (wind turbines) in August of 2020.

A partial summary judgement means that the motion is attempting to have only one issue, or a set of issues, determined by the trial court instead of the entire case. Motions for partial summary judgment can thus help narrow the issues to be decided at trial."


Wind energy company denied summary judgement