Aldin Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Jannat, LLC

── Aldin Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Jannat, LLC ── Court: Connecticut Appellate Court Date: May 12, 2026 Author: Cradle Category: General ************************************************ The “officially released” date that appears near the beginning of an opinion is the date the opinion will be published in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it is released as a slip opinion. The operative date for the beginning of all time periods for the filing of postopinion motions and petitions for certification is the “officially released” date appearing in the opinion. All opinions are subject to modification and technical correction prior to official publication in the Connecti- cut Law Journal and subsequently in the Connecticut Reports or Connecticut Appellate Reports. In the event of discrepancies between the advance release version of an opinion and the version appearing in the Connecticut Law Journal and subsequently in the Connecticut Reports or Connecticut Appellate Reports, the latest version is to be considered authoritative. The syllabus and procedural history accompanying an opinion that appear in the Connecticut Law Journal and subsequently in the Connecticut Reports or Connecticut Appellate Reports are copyrighted by the Secretary of the State, State of Connecticut, and may not be reproduced or distributed without the express written permission of the Commission on Official Legal Publications, Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut. ************************************************  Aldin Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Jannat, LLC ALDIN ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. JANNAT, LLC, ET AL. (AC 48753) Cradle, C. J., and Alvord and Eveleigh, Js. Syllabus The plaintiff appealed from the trial court’s judgment dismissing his action that sought an injunction to prevent the defendants from constructing a gasoline station on real property owned by the named defendant. The plain- tiff claimed, inter alia, that the court improperly determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over his complaint on the ground that he had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. Held: This court concluded that the plaintiff’s claims were unavailing, as they were without merit. Argued April 9—officially released May 12, 2026 Procedural History Action seeking temporary and permanent injunctions preventing the named defendant from constructing a gasoline station on certain real property, and other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of New London, where the court, Chadwick, J., granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss and rendered judgment thereon; thereafter, the court, Chadwick, J., denied the plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration, and the plaintiff appealed to this court. Affirmed. Kyle J. Zrenda, for the appellant (plaintiff). Linda L. Morkan, with whom were Ryan D. Hoy- ler and, on the brief, Brian R. Smith, for the appellees (defendants). Opinion PER CURIAM. In this action for injunctive relief to prevent the construction of a gasoline station, the plain- tiff, Aldin Associates Limited Partnership, appeals from the judgment of dismissal, and the denial of its motion for reconsideration, rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants, Jannat, LLC (Jannat), Walter Craven, Paul Rich, and Martin McKinney. The plaintiff claims  Aldin Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Jannat, LLC on appeal that the court improperly determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s complaint on the ground that it had failed to exhaust its administrative remedies.1 We affirm the judgment of the trial court. The following procedural history is relevant to our disposition of this appeal. The plaintiff commenced the present action in April 2024, seeking injunctive relief to prevent the construction of a gasoline station. Jan- nat filed a motion to dismiss, in which it alleged that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the