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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the removal of a wind farm in Osage County and set a trial for damages in a win for the Osage Nation and its Mineral Council, which, along with the federal government, have been fighting the erection of the turbines for more than a decade.
The judge will hold a trial in the future to assess the amount of monetary damages owed.
Oklahoma City — "Oklahoma is quickly becoming a divided state due to a ruling in 2020 by the U.S. Supreme Court over the jurisdiction of the State versus tribal nations
Oklahoma wind farm developers are pushing for summary judgment in a long-standing suit over the excavation of minerals to build the projects, arguing the damages sought by the U.S. government and a tribal council are too severe.
A group of developers has urged a federal court to reject a bid by the U.S. government to sanction them for allegedly destroying records related to the construction of a wind farm in Oklahoma, arguing that the records at issue never existed in the first place.