Question juridique clé
Whether the municipality is liable for damages because the building commission unlawfully refused or delayed the building-permit proceedings.
Solution extraite
No liability: the first refusals were lawful, the second application was not pursued on appeal, and the third refusal was unlawful but not qualifiedly unlawful.
Motifs extraits
The court found no unlawful conduct in the first two permit procedures. For the third application, the refusal to publish was unlawful, but the application still contained defects and the required high threshold for state liability was not met.