Griswold v. Homer Bd. of Adjustment

I disagree with the court's opinion on the standing issue. When the legislature chose to limit appeals to a "person aggrieved" by a land use decision,1 it was choosing language that is used across the country to limit participation more strictly than the broad definition of interest-injury standing.

Aggrievement requires a showing of more than minimal or slightly appreciable harm. The adverse effect on a person must be substantial enough to constitute actual aggrievement such that there can be no question that the person should be afforded the opportunity to seek a remedy. To conclude…