LAGUE, INC. v. STATE

No. 254-77.

392 A.2d 942 (1978)

LAGUE, INC. v. STATE of Vermont, John A. Burgess, and Virginia G. Burgess.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George K. Belcher of Kilmurry & Stone Associates, Inc., Montpelier, for plaintiff.

M. Jerome Diamond, Atty. Gen., Robert C. Schwartz, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Thomas A. McCormick, Law Clerk (on the brief), Montpelier, for State of Vermont.

Burgess & Normand, Ltd., Montpelier, for John A. and Virginia G. Burgess.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and DALEY, LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ.


DALEY, Justice.

This appeal involves the method by which the State of Vermont distributes low number license plates. In December, 1976, Lague, Inc. submitted an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles requesting that the company vehicle be assigned a license plate with numerals 101, 102, or 103. The application was denied by the Department on the basis of a regulation that "reserves" numbers below 10,001 to prior holders and their families. 23 V.S.A. appendix...

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