Legal Opinion
Mario v. Town of Fairfield
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 22, 1991No. 13906PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGlass, J.
This appeal concerns the validity of a regulation adopted by the defendant conservation commission of the town of Fairfield (commission),1 the town’s inland wetlands agency, that requires an owner of a parcel of land partially within a designated wetlands area to apply to the commission before erecting any structure on the nonwetlands portion of the parcel.2 The trial court determined that the regulation was not promulgated in excess of the commission’s statutory authority and did not violate the plaintiffs’3 equal protection rights. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The plaintiffs…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States Railroad Retirement Board v. FritzSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Geduldig v. AielloSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commissioner of Environmental Protection v. Connecticut Building Wrecking Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Smith v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Benjamin v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- River Bend Associates, Inc. v. Conservation & Inland Wetlands CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- Queach Corp. v. Inland Wetlands CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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