Savin Gasoline Properties, LLC v. Commission on the City Plan

Citations

• 208 Conn. App. 513

Syllabus

The defendant commission granted various permits and approvals to the applicant, C Co., to construct and operate a gasoline station on property it leased. The plaintiff, S Co., the owner of a gasoline station near the property C Co. leased, appealed the commission's decision to the trial court. The trial court affirmed the decision of the commission after rejecting the merits of S Co.'s claim and dismissed the appeal, from which S Co. appealed to this court. Thereafter, during the pendency of the appeal, C Co. notified this court that it had terminated its lease and was no longer interested in pursuing the project. Held that S Co.'s appeal from the trial court was moot because this court could no longer grant S Co. any practical relief; accordingly, because the appeal became moot through no fault of S Co., this court granted S Co.'s motion for vacatur and vacated the judgment of the trial court and the commission. Argued September 7—officially released November 2, 2021