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MUSCARELLO v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY BD.

Nos. 11-2332, 11-3258.

702 F.3d 909 (2012)

Patricia A. MUSCARELLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rearden, Jr. (argued), Attorney, Oliver, Close, Worden, Winkler & Greenwald, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sara M. Hohe (argued), Attorney, Office of the State's Attorney of Winnebago County, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Winnebago County Board, Scott Christiansen , Winnebago County Zoning Board of Appeals.

Clayton L. Lindsey , Attorney, Williams & McCarthy, Oregon, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Navitas Energy, Incorporated, Gamesa Corporation Tecnologica, S.A.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff owns three tracts of land zoned agricultural in Winnebago County, Illinois. Her suit attacks on a variety of grounds, both federal and state, a 2009 amendment to the County's zoning ordinance that makes it easier than it was before the amendment for an owner of such property to obtain permission to build a wind farm on it. She worries that a wind farm on land adjacent to property of hers would damage the property in a rather frightening...

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