Supreme Court of Vermont· 8/9/1985

State v. Jewett

Citations

500 A.2d 233
146 Vt. 221
1985 Vt. LEXIS 374

How courts have described this case

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

explaining that it is the responsibility of this Court to order re-briefing \when the briefs [on state constitutional issues] do not pass muster\
explaining that it is the responsibility of this Court to order rebriefing “when the briefs [on state constitutional issues] do not pass muster”
explaining that Vermont constitutional jurisprudence must be developed no matter “however the philosophy of the United States Supreme Court may ebb and flow”
noting that legal argument too often “consists of a litany of federal buzz words memorialized like baseball cards”
noting that legal argument too often “consists of a litany of federal buzz words memorialized like baseball cards”
explaining that we will not use state constitution to “evade the impact of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court” but that “[o]ur decisions must be principled, not result-oriented”

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Judges: Allen, Hill, Peck, Gibson, Hayes

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