State v. Elliott

State v. Elliott
CourtVermont Supreme Court
Full case name State of Vermont v. Raleigh Elliott, et al.
DecidedJune 12, 1992
Citation616 A.2d 210, 159 Vt. 102 (Vt. 1992)
Case history
Subsequent actionsReargument denied (Aug. 25, 1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 911 (1993)
Court membership
Judges sittingAllen, C.J., Gibson and Morse, JJ., and Albert W. Barney, C.J. (ret.) and Peck, J. (ret.), specially assigned
Case opinions
Morse

State v. Elliott, 616 A.2d 210 (Vt. 1992), is a decision of the Vermont Supreme Court holding that all aboriginal title in Vermont was extinguished "by the increasing weight of history." The Vermont Supreme Court has clarified that its holding in Elliott applies to the entire state.