Case Name: City of Winooski v. David Vincent
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1979-05-22
Citations: 137 Vt. 252
Docket Number: No. 17-78
Parties: City of Winooski v. David Vincent
Judges: Present: Barney, C.J., Daley, Larrow, Billings and Hill, JJ.
Reporter: Vermont Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 252–252

Head Matter:
City of Winooski v. David Vincent
[402 A.2d 1192]
No. 17-78
Present: Barney, C.J., Daley, Larrow, Billings and Hill, JJ.
Opinion Filed May 22, 1979
McNeil, Murray & Sorrell, Burlington, for Plaintiff.
David W. Downes, Boston, Massachusetts, for Defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Although the notice of appeal below was filed with the district court, the attempt is to appeal from the action of the Winooski City Council dismissing appellant as a police officer, pursuant to the findings and conclusions certified to it by the district court.
The findings of the district court are, by statute, final. 24 V.S.A. § 1982(c). Nor is there any statutory provision for an appeal from the action of the City Council. And no right of appeal is conferred by the Administrative Procedure Act, 3 V.S.A. § 801-816, because the City Council is not a "state board, commission, department, or officer" (emphasis added) within the meaning of § 801 (1).
There being no statutory authority for the attempted direct appeal, it must be dismissed. City of Winooski v. Martin, 134 Vt. 617, 365 A.2d 986 (1976).
Appeal dismissed.