Vermont Injunction Law
 

Courthouse News Service, et al. v. Teri Corsones, et al.

Defendants, administrators and clerks of the Vermont Superior Court, appeal from the judgment and permanent injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Christina Reiss, J.) in favor of Plaintiffs, news and related media organizations. Beginning in 2020, when Vermont courts transitioned to electronic filing, the Superior Court adopted a policy of denying public acces... More...    $0 (03-11-2025 - VT)

Jessica Gingras v. Think Finance, Inc.





The federal government and many states have laws designed to protect
consumers against predatory lending practices. In this case, we must
determine what happens when those laws conflict with the off-reservation
commercial activities of Indian tribes. In s... More...
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Arapaho Owners Association, Inc. and Kattalia v. Alpert, et al.

Initially, this case appeared to require reconciliation of language in a condominium declaration, the Vermont Condominium Ownership Act (VCOA), and the Vermont Common Interest Ownership Act (VCIOA). After untangling the facts and the statutes, however, we resolve the matter in a more straightforward manner. We affirm.

¶ 2. The case began its journey through the legal system... More...
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Peter Dernier v. Mortgage Network, Inc.

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiffs Peter and Nicole Dernier appeal the dismissal for failure to state a claim, of their action for (1) a declaratory judgment that defendant U.S. Bank National Association cannot enforce the mortgage and promissory note for the debt associated with plaintiffs’ purchase of their house based on irregularities and fraud in the transfer of both instruments, (2)... More...    $0 (10-18-2013 - VT)

Janet Knutsen v. David M. Dion

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Janet Knutsen appeals the decision of the superior court denying her motion for summary judgment and granting defendant Vermont Association of Realtors, Inc.’s (VAR) motion for summary judgment on her consumer fraud claim arising out of her purchase of a home in Moretown. Plaintiff argues that VAR’s form purchase and sale agreement, which was used in h... More...    $0 (11-08-2013 - VT)

Roy, Hirschbuhl, Barr, et al. v. Woodstock Community Trust, Inc.

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case arises out of a proposed housing development in West Woodstock, Vermont. It is not the first case to come before us related to this development. In Roy v. Woodstock Community Trust and Housing Vermont PRD, 2012 VT 87, ___ Vt. ___, 60 A.3d 686, we affirmed the permits for the project granted by the town development review board and the district environme... More...    $0 (01-07-2014 - VT)

Richard S. Daniels v. The Elks Club of Hartford

¶ 1. Plaintiff Richard Daniels is seeking foreclosure of a mortgage on two parcels of real property owned by defendant Elks Club of Hartford, Vermont (the Club). Defendant creditors, who include the Vermont Human Rights Commission (VHRC), four individual women, and the Watts Law Firm (Watts), all have junior security interests in the property at issue and oppose foreclosure. Credito... More...    $0 (08-03-2012 - VT)

Linda C. Nordlund v. Elizabeth M. Van Nostrand

¶ 1. Plaintiff appeals a grant of summary judgment by the Superior Court, Environmental Division (Environmental Court) in favor of defendants for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

¶ 2. Plaintiff, Linda Nordlund, owns a property (Nordlund parcel) on West Shore Road in Salisbury, Vermont. Defendant Elizabeth Van Nostrand (Van Nostrand) owns the abutt... More...
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David Smalley v. Stowe Mountain Club, LLC

¶ 1. In this dispute between neighboring landowners, defendant Stowe Mountain Club, LLC (SMC) appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff David Smalley on his claim that portions of a golf course built and operated by SMC violate restrictive covenants in Smalley’s deed. SMC contends that, in granting declaratory and injunctive relief in favor of Smalley, the trial court: (1) misconstrued t... More...    $0 (05-20-2011 - VT)

Jonathan Tibbets v. Demetrios Michaelides

¶ 1. In this dispute between neighboring landowners, defendants appeal from a superior court order rejecting their claim that plaintiffs violated a deed restriction limiting the number of houses to be constructed on the property. Among other claims, defendants contend the trial court erred in concluding that they lacked standing to enforce the restriction. We affirm.

¶ 2. The ... More...
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Kaveh Shahi and Leslie Shahi v. Daniel Madden

Defendant Daniel Madden and intervenor Deidre Donnelly appeal the Windsor Superior Court’s imposition of an injunction against Madden based on a hate-motivated crime against Kaveh and Leslie Shahi. Madden and Donnelly claim the trial court lacked jurisdiction to issue the injunction, failed to make the factual findings necessary to sustain such an injunction, and never found Madden committed a ... More...    $0 (06-18-2010 - VT)

Ferrisburgh Realty Investors v. Robert A. Schumacher and Bonnie L. Schumacher

Developer Ferrisburgh Realty Investors (FRI) appeals from the trial court’s decision, following a jury verdict, in this contract dispute. Landowner Robert Schumacher cross-appeals.[1] FRI argues that the court erred by: (1) denying its request to allow certain claims to go to the jury; (2) refusing to allow it to amend its complaint to add a new claim; (3) reducing the jury’s award of damage... More...    $0 (02-04-2010 - VT)

Alfred T. Wright v. Honeywell International, Inc.

In this interlocutory appeal, plaintiff challenges the superior court’s decision denying his motion for class certification with respect to his lawsuit claiming that defendant Honeywell International, Inc. violated the Vermont Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) by engaging in deceptive tactics to create an unlawful monopoly that resulted in overcharges to consumers for the company’s round thermostat. W... More...    $0 (12-10-2009 - VT)

Carrie Patch v. Springfield School District

Plaintiff appeals from the superior court’s order allowing defendant Springfield School District to construct a parking lot on a portion of its land located adjacent to plaintiff’s property. Plaintiff argued below that restrictive covenants in the district’s chain of title limit use of the land to dwelling purposes and therefore preclude construction of the planned parking lot. The superio... More...    $0 (11-20-2009 - VT)

William Bischoff, et al. v. Donald L. Bletz, Sr., et al.

From the perspective of appellant Rodney White, these proceedings must seem Kafkaesque. Donald Bletz, Sr. and Bruce Van Guilder ("defendants") appear to have repeatedly ignored his deeded right of first refusal while plaintiffs were somehow able to extinguish it despite the fact that they raised no claim against White in their complaint, they were not parties to his deed, and they had constructiv... More...    $0 (02-08-2008 - VT)

George and Carole Trickett v. Peter and Carla Ochs

Real Estate - nuisance and trespass: Plaintiffs George and Carole Trickett brought this nuisance and trespass action against their neighbors, Peter and Carol Ochs, alleging that defendants' operation of an apple orchard interfered with plaintiffs' use and enjoyment of their land and caused them emotional distress. Following an evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs' request for injun... More...    $0 (10-10-2003 - VT)

Paula Perry v. Patricia A. McDonald, et al.

The questions presented are whether there is a First Amendment right to use special license plates bearing the letters "SHTHPNS," and whether a car registrant's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment are violated when a state department of motor vehicles revokes these plates after the department realizes that they have been issued in error. We answer both questions in the negative and t... More...    $0 (10-17-2001 - VT)

Robert W. Maguire and Robert W. Maguire, Ltd. v. Samuel J. Gorruso and Sammy G. Media Corp.

Defendants Samuel J. Gorruso and Sammy G. Media Corporation appeal from a judgment, based on a jury verdict, in favor of plaintiffs Robert W. Maguire and Robert Maguire, Ltd., awarding damages of $272,000 for unfair competition and $143,000 for conversion. Defendants contend: (1) compensatory damages were unavailable as a matter of law for the common law unfair competition clai... More...    $273535 (05-03-2002 - VT)

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