The court held that the prior federal verdict precluded relitigation of plaintiffs’ common-law age-discrimination claim, despite the absence of mutuality, because plaintiffs had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the same issue.
Supreme Court of Vermont, 1990
Published opinions from 1990. The case name opens the case page.
1990 opinions
The Court held that the superior court could not convert an application for a permitted home occupation into an application for a conditional use permit because the statutory public-notice requirement for conditional uses had not been met.
The court held that a professional degree and the resulting increased earning capacity are not marital property subject to distribution. However, when one spouse helped the other obtain a professional degree and the marriage ends before its benefits are realized, the degree's future earning value may be considered in…