In an article published in Friday's Howard Sun about a judicial decision that aids a developer's plan to build a 23-story tower in downtown Columbia, the technical description of the judge's ruling was incorrect.
Howard County Circuit Court Judge Diane O. Leasure's ruling July 16 was to grant a motion for summary judgment by attorneys for an entity created by WCI Communities Inc., the tower developer, while denying two motions, by four Columbia residents opposing the tower, to dismiss the motion. The effect of the ruling - that a 2-2 vote by the county Board of Appeals means the residents do not have legal standing and their case was dismissed - was correctly described in the article.
The Sun regrets the error.