Wallach v. Town of Dryden

Norse Energy and Cooperstown Holstein (plaintiffs) acquired oil-and-gas leases in the towns of Dryden and Middlefield, which then enacted zoning ordinances outright prohibiting oil-and-gas development within their boundaries. The plaintiffs argued the state's OGSML preempted these local zoning bans, since the statute regulates oil and gas operations statewide.

Whether a town can ban oil and gas production activities within municipal boundaries through local zoning laws.