Legal Opinion
Pominville v. Addison Central Supervisory Union
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 4, 1990No. 89-156PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
We decide in this appeal that a union school district budget may be established by Australian ballot only as proposed by its school board upon affirmative vote at the annual or subsequent meeting. 16 V.S.A. § 711a. We affirm the judgment of the Addison Superior Court, which dismissed the action on the merits.
The Middlebury Union High School District #3’s annual budget for the 1989-90 school year was duly warned for a vote by Australian ballot to be conducted on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 7,1989. On January 25,1989, a petition signed by approximately ten percent of the district’s voters…
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- Royalton Taxpayers' Protective Assoc., Inc. v. WassmansdorfSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
- Chittenden v. School District No. 1Supreme Court of Vermont · 1884
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