Legal Opinion
Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Groton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 3, 1998No. SC 15797PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The zoning board of appeals of the town of Groton (board) denied, for lack of hardship, the application of the plaintiff, Cumberland Farms, Inc., for a zoning variance. The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the board’s denial of the variance application constituted a final decision that rendered ripe for adjudication an inverse condemnation claim the plaintiff subsequently brought against the defendant, the town of Groton, based on the denial of its variance application. We conclude that it did.
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