Legal Opinion

Broadriver, Inc. v. City of Stamford

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 3, 1969PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlcorn, J.

The plaintiff owns slightly less than a quarter of an acre of land which is on the periphery of a 130-aere redevelopment area in the center of Stamford. Situated on the plaintiff’s land is an old frame barn and an unsightly former residence over seventy-five years old which has been converted to commercial uses. The buildings are substandard, and the most effective, highest and best use is not now being made of the property.

The plaintiff brought this action against the city of Stamford, the members of the Stamford redevelopment commission, hereinafter called the commission, and the clerk of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jones v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. International Brotherhood of Teamsters of America v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
  3. Winslow v. Zoning BoardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
  4. Gohld Realty Co. v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
  5. Industrial Bank of Washington, a Corporation v. Walter N. Tobriner, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and Theodore J. ScheveCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  2. Akin v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  3. PROVIDENCE TEACHERS U., LOC. 958, AFT v. McGovernSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974
  4. State v. TedescoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
  5. City of Waterbury v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971

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