MANITOU SAND & GRAVEL CO., INC. v. Town of Ogden

OPINION OF THE COURT

On summary consideration, order reversed, with costs, and the matter remitted to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, for a review of the merits. Petitioner’s 1980 permit application encompassed not only the property it had been excavating under the 1979 permit, but also additional contiguous acreage not contemplated for excavation in 1979. This change in factual circumstances thus renders application of the doctrine of collateral estoppel in the 1980 proceeding inappropriate. To be sure there may be instances where the circumstances are so parallel as to call for…