Legal Opinion
Blaker v. Planning & Zoning Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 8, 1989No. 13564; 13565PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The dispositive issue in these appeals is what effect an applicant’s submission of ex parte evidence to a planning and zoning commission has upon an aggrieved party’s burden to demonstrate, in an appeal to the Superior Court, that the commission acted illegally. We conclude that the applicant’s ex parte communication relieved the aggrieved party of the initial burden of demonstrating that the commission acted illegally and shifted the initial burden to the applicant to demonstrate that the communication was harmless.
On November 11, 1986, the defendant Baker-Firestone Limited Partnership…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burnham v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Primerica v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Pizzola v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- First Hartford Realty Corp. v. Plan & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Spero v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Kaufman v. Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Grimes v. Conservation CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Sprint Spectrum L.P. v. Town of North StoningtonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1998
- Konigsberg v. BD. OF ALDERMEN OF NEW HAVENSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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