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Legal experts say court cases integral to same-sex marriage victories
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In the span of just a month, legislatures in all three states in northern New England have endorsed same-sex marriage. But legal experts say those votes never would have happened without court cases in Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut in which gay and lesbian couples demanded the right to marry.VPR News
Assault suspect returned to jail
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An assault suspect whose case went to the U.S. Supreme Court has been returned to jail.VPR News
Church appeals $8.7 million verdict in priest case
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The Diocese of Burlington is asking Vermont’s highest court to throw out an $8.7 million verdict awarded to a former altar boy who says his molestation at the hands of a parish priest was partly the church’s fault.VPR News
VT high court says special prison meal punishment
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The Vermont Supreme Court says the state’s prison inmates who use utensils to throw bodily waste can’t be placed on a special diet without first going through a disciplinary process.VPR News
Experts say Brillon case a reprimand for Vermont Supreme Court
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Experts say the Vermont Supreme Court got a reprimand from the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The federal justices say the Vermont court was wrong when it allowed a man to go free from prison because he didn’t get a speedy trial.VPR News
Supreme Court refuses budget cut request
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The Vermont Supreme Court is refusing the governor’s request to cut its budget by 5 percent.VPR News
Former Supreme Court Justice Peck dies at 89
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Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Louis Peck is being remembered today for his wit and his dedication to the law. Peck died Thursday at the age of 89 in Berlin.VPR News
Former Justice Louis Peck dies at 89
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Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Louis Peck, who survived a debilitating war injury to become one of state government’s most respected lawyers and jurists, has died. He was 89.VPR News