Laidlaw Energy Files $10 Million Federal Lawsuit Against Town of Ellicottville, NY; Seeks Judgment to Operate Cogeneration FacilityLast update: 1/9/2008 9:40:01 AMNEW YORK, Jan 09, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Laidlaw Energy & Environmental, Inc., an affiliate of Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: LLEG) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the Town of Ellicottville, New York, with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The lawsuit seeks, among other relief, $10 million in monetary damages, a declaratory judgment that Laidlaw is entitled to continue operating its Ellicottville cogeneration facility, an order declaring the Town's denial of Laidlaw's application for a Modified Site Plan Approval is unconstitutional and/or otherwise illegal and void, and directing the Town to approve said application, and an award of Laidlaw's attorney's fees and other costs incurred in prosecuting the lawsuit.