The preliminary injunction granted Monday is a win for opponents of the proposed rendering plant, but they still want Gadsden Council to pull the plug.
A preliminary hearing was held before Judge George Day in the case of Dynamic Collision vs. the City of Gadsden and the Gadsden Airport Authority. It focused on 16 subpoenas filed by the plaintiff who is challenging the proposed plant on GAA property on Steele Station Road, contending it would violate current zoning regulations against various city, airport and industrial development officials, Pilgrim s Pride itself and representatives of an engineering firm.
The subpoenas requested that the parties provide documents regarding communications between them and Pilgrim’s Pride to the court, and be present during a hearing scheduled for next Monday.
Pilgrim s Pride argued this would require them to also present documents involving the company s “trade secrets” and pertaining to technological designs and other equipment, setting up the potential for competitors to steal their ideas.
Knowles and attorney Joshua Sullivan argued Thursday against motions to dismiss two lawsuits.
One of the suits was filed on behalf of Dynamic Collision, challenging the zoning of the proposed site. The other was filed by Choice Fabricators and Advance Etowah, alleging a failure to provide documents related to the plant from the City of Gadsden, Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority and the Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board.
Knowles argued that documents she s received limited ones from the Water Works and some from other sources indicate there is more information out there. She says it should be subject to discovery and made available to the plaintiffs.
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