Legal Opinion
Petition of St. George
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 1, 1966No. 1949PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, C. J.
The selectmen of the Town of Charlotte on April 15th, 1965, acting under the municipal corporation law, granting permission to the Town of Shelburne to operate “a sanitary landfill” in East Charlotte. The petitioners alleged they are “landowners in the East Charlotte area adjacent to the dump and state that this dump constitutes a nuisance.” They contend that permission was granted to the licensee by the selectmen of Charlottee without a hearing on the question of whether the operation would constitute a nuisance and without affording the petitioners an opportunity to be heard on that issue.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Co. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Thompson v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1957
- City of Rutland v. KeifferSupreme Court of Vermont · 1964
- Bioni Et Ux. v. Haselton, GuardianSupreme Court of Vermont · 1926
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- In re Petition of New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T MobilitySupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
- Vermont Real Estate Commission v. MartinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
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