Stein v. Howell

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• determining that legislature had enacted Public Act 00-206, § 1 (g), in reaction to our decision in Christian Activities Council, Congregational v. Town Council, 249 Conn. 566, 589, 735 A.2d 231 [1999]
• noting basic principle of law that plaintiff must have standing for court to have jurisdiction
• ordering supplemental briefing on whether statutory amendment should be retroactively applied
• ‘‘it should not be presumed that the legislature has enacted futile or meaningless legislation or that a change in a law was made without a reason’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• \[T]here was sufficient evidence before the trial court as to Ridge's status as owner of the property for the court to conclude that the plaintiffs were aggrieved.\
• interpretation of two interre- lated statutory provisions requires determination of leg- islative intent

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