A panel of judges with the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision on Dec. 5, saying claims that the federal government mishandled the approval process for the wind farm were unfounded. 

Appeals court judges affirmed a Dukes County Superior Court judge’s opinion that Vineyard Conservation Society is the rightful owner of the parcel off Moshup Trail that once belonged to Louisa Devine.

The descendants of a late Aquinnah landowner are petitioning the state appeals court to overturn a Dukes County Superior Court’s decision over who owns a small parcel off Moshup Trail.