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Beaver Island townships decide not to appeal the airport-property judgment

Also Beaver Island airport lawsuit settlement and appeal decision 2011

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TypeLegal proceeding
Date2011-12-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Legal proceeding
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Beaver Island

The January 2012 Beaver Beacon and a December 29, 2011 first-party township forum update report that Peaine Township agreed with St. James Township on December 21, 2011, not to appeal the airport-property judgment. The article says the FAA found the judgment program-eligible and that the 150 acres would become permanent airport holdings.

Evidence limits

These are reports of the decision and funding context; they are not the entered judgment, settlement instrument, grant agreement, or deed.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Peaine Township Supervisor reports that the December 21 special meeting decided against appeal and gives a detailed judgment calculation. The report is first-party context; the entered judgment and payment records are stronger legal evidence.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004456
  2. Beaver Beacon, January 2012, "The Appeal."
    Reports the $1,276,992.61 judgment calculation, the December 21 decision not to appeal, FAA program eligibility, an expected MDOT grant, and the 150 acres becoming permanent airport holdings. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held January issue scan confirms the airport legal-proceeding report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships decide not to appeal the airport-property judgment”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-lawsuit-settlement-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Update #2: Land Acquisition for BI Townships' Airport”, December 29, 2011. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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