Court bars Stew Leonard’s in Orange

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme- mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme- mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme- mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-} Overturning a lower trial court”™s ruling, the Connecticut Supreme Court barred Stew Leonard”™s Inc. from building a supermarket on property the company owns in Orange that includes marshlands.

In a majority decision, Justice William Sullivan wrote that the Orange wetlands commission did not properly establish the store would comply with governing wetlands law and regulations. In a concurring decision, Justice Flemming Norcott Jr. wrote that Stew Leonard”™s application lacked an effective erosion-control plan.

In addition to its flagship location in Norwalk, Stew Leonard”™s owns supermarkets in Danbury, Newington and Yonkers, N.Y.