STATE v. WHITINGHAM SCHOOL BD.

No. 12-81.

438 A.2d 394 (1981)

STATE of Vermont v. WHITINGHAM SCHOOL BOARD, Wayne Stacey, Principal and Clarence G. Truesdell, Superintendent.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Denise R. Johnson and Sarah E. Stahl, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montpelier, for plaintiff.

John S. Burgess, Brattleboro, for defendants.

Before BARNEY, C.J., BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and DALEY and LARROW, JJ. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


HILL, Justice.

This case concerns the availability of attorney's fees for prevailing defendants under the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act, 21 V.S.A. §§ 495-496. The Whitingham School Board appeals from the Windham Superior Court's decision denying its motion for attorney's fees. We affirm.

This litigation originated in 1976 when the State filed a sex discrimination complaint against the Whitingham School Board and various individual defendants...

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