Legal Opinion
Whiteman v. Brown
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 3, 1970No. 150-69PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
A dispute over fiscal procedures in Lamoille Union High School District culminated in a petition for a special meeting of the district. The requisite 5% of the voters, acting under 24 V.S.A. §§ 704 and 705, proposed two articles to be warned for the requested meeting. When the directors of the district refused to fulfill the demands of the petition, the plaintiff, on behalf of the others of similar interest, turned to this Court for a writ of mandamus to require the petitioned action to be taken.
Mandamus is an extraordinary writ and invokes a drastic remedy. Rutland Cable T.V., Inc. v.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gerard Couture v. Selectmen of BerkshireSupreme Court of Vermont · 1960
- Matter of Mae Disorda SavageSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Rutland Cable T. v. Inc. v. City of RutlandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1960
- Eastern Advertising, Inc. v. CooleySupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
- Petition of LaFreniereSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ley v. DallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- Robert A. Skiff, Jr. v. South Burlington School DistrictSupreme Court of Vermont · 2018
- Brewster v. Mayor of RutlandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1970
- Clift v. City of South BurlingtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2007
- Brewster v. MAYOR OF CITY OF RUTLANDSupreme Court of Vermont · 1970
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