1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 721 A.2d
  5. 721 A.2d 109 (1998)
 

DUTTON v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE

No. 97-222.

721 A.2d 109 (1998)

Dorothy DUTTON, June Messier & Lester Brown v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Dysart, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Donelle Smith Staley, Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher L. White, Law Clerk (On the Brief), Waterbury, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ., and WESLEY, Superior Judge, Specially Assigned.

JOHNSON, J.

Petitioners appeal from Human Services Board fair hearing decisions denying their applications for fuel assistance. Petitioners argue (1) that the definition of household in the Vermont Home Heating Fuel Assistance regulations is inconsistent with the definition found in the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 8621-8629, and (2) that this inconsistency results in the denial or...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases