Legal Opinion
City of Newport v. Village of Derby Center
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 12, 2014No. 2013-310PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. This dispute arose out of a 1997 water contract requiring the Village of Derby Center 2 to supply 10,000 gallons per day (gpd) of water to the City of Newport. The City claims that the contract did not authorize the Village to adopt a new rate schedule in 2006 that included a ready-to-serve fee on top of actual water usage charges. The Village counterclaims, alleging that the City connected customers who were not authorized under the contract, and that the City’s water use was chronically underreported due to equipment malfunction. After a trial, the Orleans superior court ruled for the…
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