Kelley Property Development, Inc. v. Town of Lebanon

The principal issue in this civil rights appeal is whether the Connecticut constitution affords a monetary remedy for damages to persons whose state due process rights have allegedly been violated by local zoning officials. The plaintiffs, Kelley Property Development, Inc., and John J. Kelley, Sr. (collectively, Kelley), sought compensatory and punitive damages for injuries allegedly resulting from the defendants’2 denial *316of Kelley’s subdivision application. Kelley asserted claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging the defendants’ violation of his federal substantive and procedural due…