Shoreline Shellfish, LLC v. Branford

Summary

The court reversed summary judgment for the town because the record did not establish that Branford held legal title to the private shellfishing rights in lot 511. Under the ordinance's technical use of "owned by," municipal approval was required only if Branford owned those private rights, and the absence of evidence on that point created a genuine issue of material fact. The court did not decide the parties' further statutory-authority arguments, leaving them for possible consideration on remand.