Dupont v. Liquor Control Commission

The plaintiffs applied to the defendant commission for a package store all-alcoholic permit for premises located in a business zone in Stratford. After hearing pursuant to statute, the commission refused to grant the application. The plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, where the town joined in the action as a party defendant because of the plaintiffs’ claim that certain provisions of its zoning ordinance are invalid. Upon a stipulation as to the facts the court sustained the appeal and rendered judgment directing the commission to issue the permit. The defendant town has…