Holt v. Town of Stonington

Plaintiff-appellee Carol Holt (“Holt”) filed this diversity suit seeking equitable relief to prevent defendant-appellant Town of Stonington, Connecticut (the “Town” or “Stonington”), from denying her the ability to build on a lot of land that she owns in the Town. The district court (Hall, C.J.) granted Holt an injunction to this effect following a bench trial. Under Connecticut law, however, a plaintiff must first exhaust available and adequate administrative remedies before she may receive judicial relief in a zoning dispute. On appeal to this Court, the Town argued in its reply brief that…