Shields v. Gerhart

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that it is an open question whether a damages action can be grounded on violations of Vermont Constitution, Court declined to address defense of sovereign immunity to such claims where it was not argued
• asserting that “the applicable limitation period is a matter of state law”
• rejecting the Ricks/Chardon rule in a retaliatory license revocation case where court held that claim accrued when plaintiff withdrew applications for a new license
• rejecting the Ricks/Chardon rule in a retaliatory license revocation case where court held that claim accrued when plaintiff withdrew applications for a new license
• affirming dismissal of § 1983 claims against state employees in their official capacities
• affirming dismissal of § 1983 claims against state employees in their official capacities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bock v. Gold
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-06-10· cited 160×
• Haas v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-01-09· cited 143×
• Shields v. Gerhart
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-01-27· cited 94×
• Doria v. University of Vermont
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-02-15· cited 63×
• Hillerby v. Town of Colchester
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-11-26· cited 30×
• Gregory W. Zullo v. State of Vermont
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2019-01-04· cited 21×
• State v. Crandall
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-05-20· cited 13×
• Fellows v. Earth Construction, Inc.
  D. Vermont· 1992-02-26· cited 9×
• Morse v. University of Vermont
  D. Vermont· 1991-10-04· cited 8×
• Hoffer v. Ancel
  Second Circuit· 2002-03-14· cited 4×
• Wool v. Menard
  Vermont Superior Court· 2020-03-23
• Brock v. Deml
  Vermont Superior Court· 2025-01-02

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 14,197×
• Wilson v. Garcia
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-17· cited 4,134×
• Delaware State College v. Ricks
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-15· cited 2,132×
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 1,197×
• Chardon v. Fernandez
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-11· cited 659×
• Gay Law Students Ass'n v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1979-05-31· cited 230×
• Smith v. Department of Public Health
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1987-08-07· cited 204×
• Keating v. Carey
  Second Circuit· 1983-04-18· cited 170×
• Abramson v. University of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-03-28· cited 144×
• Figueroa v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1979-12-31· cited 79×
• Levinsky v. Diamond
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-02-17· cited 62×
• Libercent v. Aldrich
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-11-06· cited 45×
• State v. Dreibelbis
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-04-18· cited 23×
• Curran v. Marcille
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-08-04· cited 19×
• Dan Lendo v. Garrett County Board of Education and Jerome J. Ryscavage and Luther D. Parrack, Jr., Principal, Southern Garrett County High School
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-06-19· cited 12×