· 11/14/1986
State v. Champlain Cable Corp.
Citations
- 520 A.2d 596
- 147 Vt. 436
- 1986 Vt. LEXIS 437
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- denying post-judgment motion for attorney’s fees in VFEPA action where defendant would be prejudiced by State’s untimely motion for attorney’s fees because defendant might have appealed from award of costs had defendant realized that costs would include attorney’s fees
- “[T]he correction of a clerical error under Rule 60(a) does not extend the time for taking an appeal of the underlying judgment.”
- “Under the circumstances of this case, the award of $61,222.07 in attorney’s fees and investigation costs was not a minor error to be corrected under the auspices of Rule 60(a).”
- “If a court . . . renders [a judgment] that is imperfect or improper, it has no power to remedy any such error or omission by treating it as a clerical mistake”
- “If a court . . . renders [a judgment] that is imperfect or improper, it has no power to remedy any such error or omission by treating it as a clerical mistake.”
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Judges: Allen, Hill, Gibson, Barney
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