Court Cases

Isabel Vinson was criminally cited by the Brattleboro Police Department for her online criticism of a local business owner’s derogatory Facebook posts about the Black Lives Matter movement.

City of Newport officials served Mr. Cappello a “notice against trespass” barring him from city property without due process.

Charges against Mr. Whitaker were dropped in February.

Vermont resident Gregory Bombard filed a lawsuit on February 3, 2021, challenging a retaliatory arrest by a Vermont State Police Trooper in February 2018.

ACLU of Vermont client Jason Ploof settled his lawsuit challenging a Burlington “No Trespass” ordinance that barred individuals from visiting City Hall Park if they had committed prior offenses there.

Montagno v. City of Burlington challenged the City's policy of pressuring landlords to evict low-income tenants for calling police for help “too frequently."