Vermont Law School professor, Cheryl Hanna, speaks with Vermont Edition about the oral arguments the Vermont court is hearing today at the Vermont Law School and the court's tradition of hearing them out in a public venue.

Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court are getting ready for a series of hearings in the Orange County shire town of Chelsea.

The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that the town of Hartford must turn over records about a 2010 incident when a man was beaten, pepper-sprayed and dragged from his own home by town police. The court's decision reverses a lower court ruling that restricted full access to the records.

The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a slain 12-year-old girl's father, who claimed the ex-wife of the suspect was negligent in his daughter's death and that her insurance company should pay damages.

Beth Robinson struck a modest and humorous tone when she was sworn in as associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court at the end of November. A career lawyer, this is the first time she will be working as a judge.

A new justice has joined the Vermont Supreme Court. Governor Peter Shumlin swore in Beth Robinson Monday afternoon as an associate justice. She replaces Denise Johnson, who is retiring.

The new appointee to the Vermont Supreme Court talks about preparing for her new post.

Governor Peter Shumlin has picked his chief lawyer to fill a vacancy on the Vermont Supreme Court. Beth Robinson is perhaps best known as an advocate for marriage rights for same-sex couples.

Governor Peter Shumlin announced Tuesday that he's tapped Attorney Beth Robinson, who argued the state's civil union case, to fill a vacancy created when Justice Denise Johnson announced her retirement.

Dealing with the aftermath of Irene has delayed Governor Peter Shumlin's timetable for filling a vacancy on the Vermont Supreme Court. But it's likely that the Governor will name a new justice by the end of the month.  

Justice Denise Johnson, the first woman to serve on the Vermont Supreme Court, is retiring after more than 20 years on the bench.

All five members of the Vermont Supreme Court have been elected by lawmakers to serve another 6 year term on the bench. The approval followed a process that is quite different from judicial review systems used in many other states.

Albert Barney, a longtime member of the Vermont Supreme Court, has died.

A cost-saving proposal that would restructure the state's five different courts into a unified system overseen by the Vermont Supreme Court is moving through the Legislature.  But there's disagreement over the future role of side judges in the plan.

Chief Justice Paul Reiber is urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to approve a plan that would consolidate administration of state courts under the Supreme Court.

A lawyer for convicted murderer Brian Rooney told the Vermont Supreme Court today that Rooney should receive a new trial.  Rooney was convicted in the 2006 murder of 21 year old University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn. 

The Vermont Supreme Court will hear an appeal of the murder conviction of Brian Rooney who was convicted of raping and murdering a University of Vermont student.

The Vermont Supreme Court says it has told all judiciary employees in the state to take 12 unpaid days off before June 2010, the end of the 2010 fiscal year.