Bruce Brayman Builders, Inc. v. James M. Lamphere, in his capacity as Town Planner for the Town of Hopkinton

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON,

for the Court.

The plaintiff, Bruce Brayman Builders, Inc. (Brayman), appeals from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the defendant, James M. Lamphere, the Town Planner for the Town of Hopkinton, denying Bray-man’s declaratory judgment action on the basis of Brayman’s purported failure to exhaust its administrative remedies. On appeal, Brayman argues, inter alia, that the trial justice 1 erred'in denying it declaratory relief because the parties did not have a meaningful opportunity to brief and/or argue whether the administrative exhaustion doctrine should apply to…