Carr v. Town of Bridgewater

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, John F. Carr, Jr., established that he had a constitutional entitlement to the zoning permit for which he had applied. The defendants, the town of Bridgewater, the Bridgewater planning and zoning commission (zoning commission), the Bridgewater conservation and inland wetlands commission (inland wetlands commission) and certain individuals,1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court, Moraghan, J., rendered after a jury verdict for compensatory and punitive damages in favor of the plaintiff. This appeal stems from the plaintiffs…