One Barberry Real Estate Holding, LLC et al v. Maturo et al

  1. April 29, 2024

    Connecticut Quarry Crushed By Politics Gets Extra $1.2M

    The town of East Haven, Connecticut, and two former officials must pay an additional $1.2 million to a rock quarry that was forced to shutter due a purported political maneuver ahead of the 2017 mayoral race, on top of an existing award of $9.46 million in damages for lost profits, a federal judge has ruled.

  2. November 02, 2023

    Conn. Quarry Seeks Another $3.3M Over 'Political' Shutdown

    A Connecticut quarry that shuttered in 2017 and ultimately won nearly $9.5 million in a constitutional showdown against the town of East Haven has asked a federal court to alter the judgment to include $3.3 million in interest based on prime rates, citing inflation and principles of fairness.

  3. October 04, 2023

    Conn. Quarry Wins $9.5M In Suit Over 'Political' Shutdown

    Officials in East Haven, Connecticut, had improper motivations for causing the shutdown of a quarry ahead of the 2017 mayoral election, a federal judge ruled in finding the town and two other defendants liable for arbitrary and "conscience-shocking" conduct and awarding the injured company nearly $9.5 million.

  4. September 01, 2023

    Conn. Quarry Owner Didn't Have To Shut Down, Town Argues

    An attorney for the town of East Haven, Connecticut, told a federal judge on Friday that a quarry operator suffered a "self-inflicted wound" when he shut down the business in response to three cease-and-desist orders, while the owner's lawyer said the town pulled out all the stops to ensure that the quarry closed to benefit the mayor.

  5. February 16, 2023

    Conn. Town Had 'Perfect Right' To Shutter Quarry, Atty Says

    The former mayor of East Haven, Connecticut, and other town officials did not have an improper political motive for shutting down the Farm River Rock quarry ahead of the 2017 election, and the plaintiff in a $15.2 million lawsuit is not entitled to damages, defense attorneys said Thursday during closing arguments in a federal bench trial.

  6. January 30, 2023

    Conn. Quarry Owner Says Mayor's Closure Order Was Political

    A Connecticut mayor ordered a rock quarry in his town shut down in 2017 "to further naked political objectives" and secure reelection, an attorney for the operation's owner argued Monday as a bench trial over alleged civil rights violations got underway in federal court.