WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. May 28, 2004: City Hall announced Friday afternoon that the City of White Plains has lost a suit filed by the telecommunications giant, Omnipoint, over the Planning Board decision to deny Omnipoint the right to build a 150-foot cell tower on the Fenway Golf Club property. Omnipoint Communications has been awarded $1,327,665.24 in lost revenue plus $231,152.84 in attorneys' fees and costs by Judge George A Yanthis in a bench trial judgment issued May 6.
Omnipoint sued the City and its Planning Board under the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. The bench trial took place February 4 and 5, 2004.
The Mayor's Office has not advised WPCNR whether or not White Plains will appeal the judgment.
