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11 Vermont opinions name it 2 courts 1978–2025 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Vermont courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Stamato v. Quazzogreen2 sentences2025“Laches is the failure to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained period of time when the delay has been prejudicial to the adverse party, rendering it inequitable to enforce the right.” Stamato v. Quazzo, 139 Vt. 155, 157 (1980). 2019“Laches is the failure to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained period of time when the delay has been prejudicial to the adverse party, rendering it inequitable to enforce the right.” Stamato v. Quazzo, 139 Vt. 155, 157 (1980). | 5 | 5 |
Ransom v. Bebernitzgreen2 sentences2023Laches is “the failure to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained period of time when the delay has been prejudicial to the adverse party, rendering it inequitable to enforce the right.” Ransom v. Bebernitz, 172 Vt. 423, 433 (2001). 2011Laches is “the failure to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained period of time when the delay has been prejudicial to the adverse party, rendering it inequitable to enforce the right.” Ransom v. Bebernitz, 172 Vt. 423, 433 (2001). | 2 | 2 |
Sterrett Enterprises, Inc. v. Yankee Chapman, Inc.green1 sentence2025See Sterrett Enters., Inc. v. Yankee Chapman, Inc., 146 Vt. 112, 115 (1985) (considering laches as defense to equitable claim for recission). | 1 | 1 |
Comings v. Powellgreen1 sentence2019Laches is “an equitable defense that bars relief when a party fails ‘to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained lapse of time.’” In re McCarty, 2013 VT 47, ¶ 15 , 194 Vt. 109 (quoting Comings & Livingston v. Powell, 97 Vt. 286, 293 (1923)). | 1 | 1 |
Laird Properties New England Land Syndicate v. Mad River Corp.green2 sentences1994“Laches is the failure to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained period of time when the delay has been prejudicial to the adverse party, rendering it inequitable to enforce the right.” Stamato v. Quazzo, 139 Vt. 155, 157 , 423 A.2d 1201, 1203 (1980). “[Cjircumstances which constitute laches involve questions of fact with the ultimate conclusion to be based thereon being a question of law.” Laird Properties v. Mad River Corp., 131 Vt. 268, 282 , 305 A.2d 562, 570 (1973). 1994“Laches is the failure to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained period of time when the delay has been prejudicial to the adverse party, rendering it inequitable to enforce the right.” Stamato v. Quazzo, 139 Vt. 155, 157 , 423 A.2d 1201, 1203 (1980). “[Cjircumstances which constitute laches involve questions of fact with the ultimate conclusion to be based thereon being a question of law.” Laird Properties v. Mad River Corp., 131 Vt. 268, 282 , 305 A.2d 562, 570 (1973). | 1 | 1 |
Vermont Department of Public Service v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.green2 sentences1989Any substantial change in the filled lands must therefore be consistent with a legislative grant or mandate, subject to judicial review, and this legislative control cannot be delegated to others. 11 See Vermont Department of Public Service v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co., 151 Vt. 73, 81 , 558 A.2d 215, 220 (1988). *353 < h-H Because the railroad and its predecessors have occupied the lands at issue for 140 years and because the City has taxed portions of these lands, CYR maintains that the trial court erred by refusing to invoke the doctrine of laches as a bar to the claims 1989Any substantial change in the filled lands must therefore be consistent with a legislative grant or mandate, subject to judicial review, and this legislative control cannot be delegated to others. 11 See Vermont Department of Public Service v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co., 151 Vt. 73, 81 , 558 A.2d 215, 220 (1988). *353 < h-H Because the railroad and its predecessors have occupied the lands at issue for 140 years and because the City has taxed portions of these lands, CYR maintains that the trial court erred by refusing to invoke the doctrine of laches as a bar to the claims | 1 | 1 |
State v. Urbanogreen2 sentences1981Accord, State v. Urbano, supra, 105 Ariz. at 14 , 457 P.2d at 344 ; Miller v. State, 603 S.W.2d 29, 30 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). 1981Accord, State v. Urbano, supra, 105 Ariz. at 14 , 457 P.2d at 344 ; Miller v. State, 603 S.W.2d 29, 30 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). | 1 | 1 |
Miller v. Stategreen1 sentence1981Accord, State v. Urbano, supra, 105 Ariz. at 14 , 457 P.2d at 344 ; Miller v. State, 603 S.W.2d 29, 30 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). | 1 | 1 |
Turner v. Turnergreen2 sentences1978We recently have reviewed the general doctrine of laches in Turner v. Turner, 131 Vt. 253, 257 , 305 A.2d 592, 595 (1973). 1978We recently have reviewed the general doctrine of laches in Turner v. Turner, 131 Vt. 253, 257 , 305 A.2d 592, 595 (1973). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Vermont. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
In re William J. McCarty, Jr.
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2 sentences2019Laches is “an equitable defense that bars relief when a party fails ‘to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained lapse of time.’” In re McCarty, 2013 VT 47, ¶ 15 , 194 Vt. 109 (quoting Comings & Livingston v. Powell, 97 Vt. 286, 293 (1923)). 2019Laches is “an equitable defense that bars relief when a party fails ‘to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained lapse of time.’” In re McCarty, 2013 VT 47, ¶ 15 , 194 Vt. 109 (quoting Comings & Livingston v. Powell, 97 Vt. 286, 293 (1923)). | 1 | 2019–2019 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.