Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. Duranleau & Duranleau Construction, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that word “may” gave agency discretion
• environmental court has broad discretion to determine how each criterion should affect the amount of penalty imposed
• ELD has discretion to consider whether mitigating circumstances exist and how they affect assessment of penalty; assessment will not be disturbed unless unreasonable
• ELD has discretion to consider whether mitigating circumstances exist and how they affect assessment of penalty; assessment will not be disturbed unless unreasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).