PETITION OF WILLIAMS

Nos. 95-293, 95-294.

686 A.2d 964 (1996)

In re Petitions of Norman WILLIAMS and Susan Letourneau. Thor CHRISTENSEN, et al. v. Michael D. GRIFFES, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Williams of Gravel and Shea, Burlington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, William E. Griffin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas R. Viall, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


GIBSON, Justice.

Taxpayers appeal from a judgment in these consolidated class actions in which the superior court concluded that taxpayers are not entitled to interest on tax refunds paid by the Department of Motor Vehicles. They argue that the Fifth Amendment Just Compensation Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause require payment of interest on the wrongfully collected taxes. We affirm.

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