Back to Sears Island Litigation Sears Island in the Courts: 2009 *** Media Coverage Here 4/13/09 Ron Huber files response to MDOT's motion to dismiss his case. (13 page pdf) 3/31/09 Ron Huber files Motion to Exclude Untimely Responses by Defendant Maine Department of Transportation 3/24/09 Maine DOT's attorneys file a motion to dismiss , a motion to consolidate the three lawsuits and a motion to stay having to cough up their files. 2/19/09. Ron Huber files Petition for Review of Final Agency Action by MDOT in Maine Superior Court, Knox County. (pdf) "Mr. Huber asks this Court to find Public Law Chapter 277 An Act Regarding the Management and Use of Sears Island to be an unconstitutional delegation of Executive Branch land use decision-making power to the Maine Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation, in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Maine Constitution's Article III Distribution of Powers, and of MRSA 3 §165 Joint Committees, Authority, and declare all decisions made pursuant to its exercise by the Joint Committee on Transportation and Maine DOT invalid." "Mr. Huber asks this Court to rescind the Jan. 22, 2009 conservation easement until the MDOT has fully complied with the requirements of the Maine Sensible Transportation Policy Act and the Maine Site Location of Development Law." 2/20/09. Douglas Watts files Petition for Review of Final Agency Action by MDOT in Maine Superior Court, Kennebec County 2/25/09. Harlan McLaughlin files Petition for Review of Final Agency Action by MDOT in Maine Superior Court, Waldo County