If you can tell me the character Nick Offerman is portraying in this meme, you’ll win a prize. By Andy DelaneyThis post’s title derives from its predecessor post. When we go uninspired, we do it right. One opinion issued on May 22; another opinion
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If you can tell me the character Nick Offerman is portraying in this meme, you’ll win a prize. By Andy DelaneyThis post’s title derives from its predecessor post. When we go uninspired, we do it right. One opinion issued on May 22; another opinion…
Our first opinion, issued May 1st, deals with…
See also: summarizes SCOV opinionsBy: Elizabeth KruskaBeaming in from HQ as I try to go on vacation. I haven’t packed. I hate packing. Instead of packing I’ll summarize some SCOV opinions, because that will make packing go faster. It…
By Elizabeth KruskaState v. Rein Kolts, 2026 VT 10 Who gets Due Process? Everybody. What is Due Process? Broadly stated, it’s one’s ability to have a fair hearing on the allegation against them. Sounds easy enough, right? Baked into…
By Andy DelaneyThere were three published decisions this week—one entry order and two regular opinions. I’m covering the entry order and the zoning opinion. Kruska will be covering the criminal opinion. We’ll start with the entry order. This is the…
Will this get a CPG?By Andy Delaney
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By: Elizabeth Kruska It’s been a quiet several weeks around these parts, SCOV-wise, and then they dropped three opinions on February 20. We here at Blog HQ were lulled into complacency and now all of a sudden have to spring…
By Andy DelaneyOh, typos. Between voice-to-text, autocorrect, and good old-fashioned mistakes, my life is riddled with typos. In fact, you can probably find a bunch of typos on this blog if you look . . . (I was…
By: Elizabeth Kruska Before I went to law school I worked for a land conservancy and thought I’d really like doing work with property. Then I went to law school and took property and said, “maybe I’m actually very good…
The jokes in this piece will require . . .By Andy DelaneyWell, I didn’t even check for opinions on December 26th because I figured SCOV would take a holiday break. One should never assume such things. Two opinions issued on…