Legal Opinion
Shields v. Gerhart
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 7, 1990No. 88-148PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
This is a civil rights action in which the plaintiff, Carol Shields, alleges that defendants, the Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) and three employees of the department, revoked her license to run a day care center in retaliation for her activities in opposing an SRS policy against the use of corporal punishment in licensed day care facilities. This interlocutory appeal is brought from the opinion and order of the trial court denying defendants’ motion to dismiss. We affirm.
Plaintiff was licensed to run a day care facility in her home in 1978 in accordance with…
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