The Vermont court system was reorganized again in 1825. In 1823 the Legislature appointed a reporter to collect and officially publish the decisions of the Vermont Supreme Court. In 1797 the Legislature required Supreme Court judges to put each decision in writing and to have the court clerk record the opinions. By 1789 all Supreme Court judges were lawyers. The first lawyer was elected to serve on the Supreme Court in 1786. Judicial candidates simply tended to have strong common sense and a record of military or community service. Litigants could appeal cases tried in the county courts to the Supreme Court.īefore 1786 many of Vermont's judges were not lawyers. The Supreme Court and the county courts heard many of the same types of cases. The Supreme Court judges met in each county once during the year. Each year the Legislature elected the Supreme Court’s five judges. The Legislature abolished the Superior Court and created the Supreme Court. Each court had one chief judge and four or five assistant judges elected by county voters. In 1782 the Legislature reorganized the Vermont court system and established courts in each county.
Decisions of the Superior Court could be appealed to the governor, the Governor's Council, and the House of Representatives. The superior court judges met four times a year for a week at a time in four different locations around the state. The Superior Court had a chief judge and four other judges chosen each year by the governor, the Governor's Council, and the House of Representatives. At a later session that same year, the Legislature established the Superior Court. At its first session in 1778, the General Assembly created special temporary courts to hear cases. In 1777 the first Vermont Constitution established courts of justice in every county.
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