Sometimes you hear the facts of a case, shake your head, and just know what the outcome has to be. Then, you might look for support in the law for the result you find obvious. Wellswood Columbia LLC v. Town of Hebron, a Connecticut Supreme Court decision from this past spring, has to be one of those cases. Remarkably, along its somewhat tortured route to the right decision, the court establishes progressive precedent. That precedent is a little lost in the busy-ness of the opinion and deserves highlighting.
In the unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers, the Court holds that the town of Hebron has no right, and never did, to literally block the road into town from neighboring Columbia. The chief justice truly understands municipal law and the decision does a good job in reconciling the existing case law.
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