Legal Opinion

Reid v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 30, 1996No. 15152PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKatz, J.

The plaintiff, Aaron Reid, is the owner of property in the town of Lebanon (town) subject to a variance granted in 1975 to his predecessor in title, Florence Kastner, which gave her the right to use the property on a year-round basis for her lifetime. That variance has become the subject of this appeal, which presents three related issues of whether: (1) the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel bar reconsideration of the variance, where no appeal had been taken from the grant of that variance; (2) the variance was invalid from its inception because of the “life use” condition;…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Garrity v. McCaskeySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  2. Moore v. McNamaraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  3. State v. MagnanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  4. Caldor, Inc. v. HeffernanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  5. Garibaldi v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. D'ERAMO v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
  2. Gangemi v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
  3. Green v. General Dynamics Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  4. Horace v. Zoning Board of AppealsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
  5. Murphy v. New Milford Zoning CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005

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