Judge allows Orange's experts in Walmart Wilderness fight
Expert witnesses for the Orange County Board of Supervisors will remain part of the defense according to a ruling yesterday in the case brought by plaintiffs trying to keep a Walmart from being built near the Wilderness Battlefield.
The plaintiffs, Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield and six nearby residents, wanted seven of the county's eight experts stricken--a ruling Circuit Judge Daniel R. Bouton refused to make.
But he did direct Walmart attorney Jonathan Blank to elaborate on the opinions experts will present.
Walmart received a special-use permit from the supervisors last year to build a 138,000-square-foot store on a 51.5-acre parcel a quarter mile from State Routes 3 and 20. It also is a defendant in the civil suit....
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The plaintiffs, Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield and six nearby residents, wanted seven of the county's eight experts stricken--a ruling Circuit Judge Daniel R. Bouton refused to make.
But he did direct Walmart attorney Jonathan Blank to elaborate on the opinions experts will present.
Walmart received a special-use permit from the supervisors last year to build a 138,000-square-foot store on a 51.5-acre parcel a quarter mile from State Routes 3 and 20. It also is a defendant in the civil suit....