Town of Canterbury v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The plaintiff, the town of Canterbury, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing its action for a declaratory judgment. In that action, the plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of a state regulation that permits the defendant commissioner of environmental protection to impose conditions on the defendant’s grant of operating permits for certain waste transfer stations. The plaintiff claims that the court’s dismissal of its action on the ground that a town lacks standing to challenge the constitutionality of an agency regulation was improper. The defendant…