Jolly, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The principal issue in this appeal is whether we should continue to adhere to our longstanding interpretation of “aggrieved person” in Gen*186eral Statutes § 8-8.1 In accordance with existing precedent, any taxpayer in a municipality has automatic standing to appeal from a zoning decision involving the *187sale of liquor in that community. The plaintiffs, Jolly, Inc., Richard Tuliano and Carman Tuliano,2 appeal from the judgment of the trial court dismissing, for lack of aggrievement, their administrative appeal from the decision of the named defendant, the zoning board of *188appeals of the city of…