The Vermont Supreme Court, over the years, has attempted to close some of the more rural courthouses. Essex County has always been on the list. In 1992, responding to appeals from Essex County's assistant judges that Judge David Suntag was hearing Essex County family court cases as far away as Chelsea, over away, Illuzzi inserted a provision in that year's Capital Construction Bill that read included the sentence: "No Essex Family Court cases shall be heard at any other location, except Guildhall."