Adam Hubacz v. The Village of Waterbury

¶ 1. The Village of Waterbury (the Village) seeks interlocutory review of the trial court's order granting Adam Hubacz's Vermont Rule of Civil Procedure 75 petition to overturn the Village's decision terminating his employment as a police officer. The superior court certified the following question to this Court: Is a State's Attorney's unilateral decision to refuse to prosecute any cases investigated by a particular municipal police officer, alone, a sufficient basis for termination of the officer pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1931 ? We answer this question generally in the affirmative, but with…