Legal Opinion
Sheridan v. Planning Board
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 23, 1969PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThim, J.
These four appeals were tried together in the Court of Common Pleas and arise from essentially one transaction. They all involve the same piece of property, and the factual basis of the four cases is sufficiently similar to permit their disposition in one opinion.
On July 13, 1965, Alphonsus J. Donahue, Jr., as trustee, entered into a contract to purchase a tract of land containing approximately 120 acres owned by C. Russell Feldmann and located in the city of Stamford. At the time of the contract the property was classified as “Residential” on the Stamford master plan and zoning map, except…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Summ v. Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Tyler v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Hughes v. Town Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Eves v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Town of Lebanon v. WoodsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
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3Cited by86 opinions
- Whittaker v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Nader v. AltermattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Smith v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- East Side Civic Assn. v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
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