Doria v. University of Vermont

Plaintiff, Anthony Doria, appeals from the decision of the Chittenden Superior Court granting the motion of defendant University of Vermont to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to V.R.C.P. 12(b)(6). We dismiss the appeal as moot.

In October 1985, a professor at the University of Vermont organized students to conduct a telephone political poll as part of a classroom project. The poll was commissioned by two newspapers, for whom the professor was serving as an unpaid consultant. The students interviewed 503 randomly selected individuals, asking each interviewee thirty-two separate…