Sexton v. Greer

The appellant and a fellow Essex Junction police officer were laid off for alleged reasons of “economic necessity” effective September 15, 1975. Both officers appealed to the Chittenden Superior Court, claiming that they were tenured police officers and entitled to the protection of 24 V.S.A. §§ 1931-1933. The trial court found the lay-offs unjustified and ordered both officers reinstated. Upon appeal to this Court, Audette v. Greer, 134 Vt. 300, 360 A.2d 66 (1976), the reinstatement order was vacated as applied to the appellant. It held that he was not a tenured officer because he had not…