Stepney, LLC v. Town of Fairfield

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal1 is whether the trial court had jurisdiction to consider the action by the plaintiff, Stepney, LLC, seeking to enjoin the defendant, the town of Fairfield, acting through the town’s board of health and its director, Arthur Leffert, from enforcing a certain town health code ordinance. We conclude that, because the plaintiff failed to exhaust its administrative remedies, the trial court improperly exercised jurisdiction over this action. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff and order that the action be…