Sal Tinnerello & Sons, Inc. v. Town of Stonington Stonington Resource Recovery Authority and Donald R. Maranell, First Selectman

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• noting the “need to harmonize the command of the Clause with a state’s police power to protect its citizens”
• \[I]t is not the province of this Court to substitute its judgement for that of ... a legislative body.\
• “[I]t is not the province of this Court to substitute its judgement for that of ... a legislative body.”
• private contract context; \Tinnerello must prove that there is no rational relationship between the Town's ends and its means. . . . Tinnerello has not carried its burden\
• “We must accord substantial deference to the Town’s conclusion that its approach reasonably promotes the public purposes for which the ordinance was enacted.”
• “Tinnerello must prove that there is no rational relationship between the Town’s ends and its means. Merely contending that there was a better way, Tinnerello has not carried its burden.”

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