Legal Opinion
Windham First Taxing District v. Town of Windham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 9, 1988No. 13337PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
This case involves a turf war between the Windham First Taxing District (district) and the consolidated town of Windham (town). The dispositive issue is whether the district’s furnishing of street lighting in the district, in accordance with a provision of its charter, preempts the field so that the town cannot tax the district residents for such services. We agree with the trial court that a special service tax district, organized under chapter 105 of the General Statutes, cannot prevent a town from providing and taxing for such services, if the town is so authorized by its charter or the…
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