Vermont State Employees' Ass'n v. Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council

The Vermont State Employees’ Association, Inc. (VSEA) and five former state employees appeal the superior court’s dismissal of their suit claiming that the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council violated the state classification plan and its merits system principles by laying off the five employees and contracting out their work to a private company. Because we conclude that plaintiffs have failed to show that the Attorney General clearly abused his discretion in approving the contract privatizing the work previously done by the employees, we affirm the superior court’s dismissal of the…