Legal Opinion
Spooner v. Town of Topsham
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 22, 2010No. 2009-351PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. Plaintiff James H. Spooner, through his attorneys, Edwin L. Hobson and John Archer Hobson, appeals a trial court order denying an award of attorney’s fees and costs for both an interlocutory appeal to compel the appearance of one of plaintiff’s witnesses and the work of co-counsel used for trial. Because we find that the court improperly denied these costs and fees, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
¶2. In 2001, the Town of Topsham’s seleetboard interviewed several candidates, including plaintiff, for the position of road foreman. The seleetboard members made their hiring…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Grant v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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