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<br /> <br />.~..:;. <br /> <br />;.: _. <br /> <br />. .' <br />'.~ '. -". ,. <br /> <br />66 <br /> <br />. ; <br /> <br />P. '., .'.0 <br />.. " <br /> <br />... . <br />o ....... <br /> <br />January 25, 2010 I Volume 41 No.2 <br /> <br />Zoning BuUetin <br /> <br />Right to Petition-Town officials refuse to meet <br />privately with developer after he files lawsuit <br />against the town . <br /> <br />Developer claims refusal to m.eet with him violates his.1st . <br />Amendment right to petiti~n the government <br /> <br />Citation: Tuccio v. Marconi, 2,009 WL 4877777 (2d Gir. 2009) <br /> <br />The Second u.s. Grcuit.hl.ls jurisdiction over Gonnec;ticu~,New York, <br />and Vermont. <br /> <br />SECOND CIROUT (CONNECTICUT) (12/18/09)-Trus case ad- <br />dres~ed the issue of whether a developer's 1st Amendment right to pe- <br />tition the government' was violated by town officials' refusal to meet <br />with him after he filed a lawsuit ag~inst .the town and'town officials. <br />The BackgroundIFacts: Patriots Way, LLC was a development compa- <br />ny. Edward Tucdo was a principal at Patriots Way. In 2005, PatrIots Way <br />obtained the right to acqUire land in the Towq. of Ridgefielci, Gonnecii.cut <br />(the "Town"). Patriots Way sought to develop and construct a group of <br />residences on that land. In order to move forward with that project, Pa- <br />triots Way needed the ~oWn's Board of Selectmen (the "Board")to grant <br /> <br /> <br />. 610 Opperman Drive. P.O. Box 645Z6. St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-800-iz9-Z084. email.west.customerservice@thomsonreuters.com.west.thoms.on.comlquinlan <br />ISSN 0514'-7905 . @ ZOlO'Thomson Reuters. AI!' Rights Reserved. <br />Quinlan™ is a Thoms,!n Reuters brand. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />@ 2010 Thomson Reuters <br /> <br />rC' " <br />, i <br />. ..... <br /> <br />'c.; <br />.-: <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />. ..:'" '. <br /> <br />. . :...-::-......-:-~..--. <br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />. ~: <br /> <br />. if' ,........ . <br /> <br />:-~ <br /> <br />. :.~~.;. <br /> <br />:~~. <br />;'~/ <br /> <br />r' <br /> <br />..~~ ~ <br />1:~. <br /> <br />:::.~.,." <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />.... : <br />