VERMONT HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N v. STATE

No. 11-343.

60 A.3d 702 (2012)

2012 VT 88

VERMONT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION v. STATE OF VERMONT, AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Appel , Vermont Human Rights Commission, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, and Micaela Tucker and David R. Groff , Assistant Attorneys General, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ., and HOWARD, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. The Vermont Human Rights Commission appeals a trial court decision interpreting 9 V.S.A. § 4554 as requiring all lawsuits brought by the Commission against the State of Vermont to be filed within a six-month conciliation period. The trial court held that because the Commission failed to file within this six-month period, its suit against the State was time-barred. We affirm the trial court's decision and dismiss the Commission's claim....

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