HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N v. STATE, DEPT. OF CORR.

No. 14-445.

136 A.3d 188 (2015)

2015 VT 138

VERMONT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, Lynne Silloway, Mary Bertrand and Lisa DeBlois v. STATE of Vermont, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Department of Human Services.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily J. Joselson , Kevin E. Brown and Katherine B. Kramer of Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Silloway and Bertrand, and Karen L. Richards , Executive Director, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellant Vermont Human Rights Commission.

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, and David Groff , Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Defendants-Appellees.

Margaret Martin Barry , Alexander W. Banks and Christina Gongaware (Law Clerk), Vermont Law School, South Royalton, for Amici Curiae Vermont Commission on Women, Vermont Legal Aid, American Association of University Women of Vermont, South Royalton Legal Clinic and League of Women Voters of Vermont.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and EATON, JJ., and MORRIS, Supr. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


¶ 1. The Vermont Human Rights Commission and three female employees of the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) filed suit against the State — the DOC and the Vermont Department of Human Resources (DHR) — claiming that the DOC violated the Vermont Fair Employment Practices...

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