Legal Opinion
Wade's Dairy, Inc. v. Town of Fairfield
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 1980PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBogdanski, J.
The plaintiffs brought this action seeking injunctive relief to restrain the defendant town of Fairfield and its zoning enforcement officer from interfering with the continued operation of the plaintiffs’ dairy business.
The Wade family 1 has owned and operated a dairy on the subject property since prior to 1925 when the town of Fairfield enacted zoning regulations which resulted in the property being zoned residential. The Fairfield zoning regulations, however, permitted nonconforming uses to continue subject to the proviso that “[n]o nonconforming use of land, buildings and other structures…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Corey v. Avco-Lycoming DivisionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. PearsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Veits v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
- Nikitiuk v. PishteySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- Bill v. GattavaraWashington Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by51 opinions
- State v. FritzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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- Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of GrotonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Powell v. Infinity InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Orselet v. DeMatteoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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