Legal Opinion
Spooner v. Town of Topsham
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 7, 2007No. 2006-208PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
937 A.2d 641 (2007)
2007 VT 98
James H. SPOONER
v.
TOWN OF TOPSHAM.
No. 06-208.
Supreme Court of Vermont.
September 7, 2007.
Edwin L. Hobson, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Andrea L. Gallitano of Otterman and Allen, P.C., Barre, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Topsham.
Robert B. Hemley and Megan J. Shafritz of Gravel and Shea, Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee Buermeyer.
Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ., and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.
¶ 1. REIBER, C.J.
The question presented is whether, under the qualified privilege for reporters first recognized by this Court in…
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