Legal Opinion
Cardoza v. Zoning Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 2, 1989No. 13500PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The dispositive issue in this zoning appeal is whether the plaintiffs’ failure to allege newspaper publication of the notice of the zoning decision from which they appealed deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction.1 We conclude that the trial court erred in finding that the omission of such an allegation was a jurisdictional defect requiring the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ appeal.
The background of this case is not in dispute. On December 9, 1987, the plaintiffs, Joseph J. Cardoza, Jr., and Lina Cardoza, filed an appeal from the granting of a zone change by the defendant zoning…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Carpenter v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Chestnut Realty, Inc. v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Bridgeport Bowl-O-Rama, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Akin v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- LaReau v. ReinckeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Ambroise v. William Raveis Real Estate, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Upjohn Co. v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Savage v. SavageConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- Taft v. Wheelabrator Putnam, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Lallier v. ZONING BD. OF APP. OF STAFFORDConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
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