Appeals before the Environment Court were concluded in 2010, with a favourable decision released in February 2011.

The commission's decision, released January 31, 1997, approved the Baton application and denied the others.

Justice Burke, who handled both state suits, dismissed them both, the second one in a decision released on Oct. 15.

Specifically, the decision, released on Tuesday, cited the need for developing renewable energy sources.

In the 74-page decision released yesterday, the appeals court wrote that "none of the appellate's arguments persuades us."

The decision, released on Thursday, clears the way for the demolition.

The court has also seen some of the lowest numbers of decisions released in a year.

You'll get an e-mail every day announcing decisions released publicly that day.

Mr. Pataki's supporters challenged those subpoenas in court, but lost in a decision released last week.

In the decision released late yesterday, two judges of a three-judge panel wrote that "the Second Amendment does protect individual rights."