- May 25, 2021
A Notice of Violation can Serve as the Initiation of an Enforcement Action and Also as the Basis for an Administrative Appeal
New Hampshire Alpha of SAE Trust v. Town of Hanover - May 7, 2021
Planning Board Decisions Based on Zoning Regulations Must be Founded on Objectively Clear Zoning Non-Conformities
Ronald Shattuck v. Town of Francestown - April 20, 2021
Written Legal Advice can be Subject to Disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law
Hampstead School Board v. SAU #55 - April 8, 2021
Sullyville, LLC v. Town of Carroll
Grandfathered Rights Can be Waived for Future Purchasers by a Filing at the Registry of Deeds, and Failure by the Municipality to Take Enforcement Action Does Not Eliminate this Waiver - March 2, 2021
30-day Time Period for Appealing a Planning Board Decision is Calculated Starting with the Day after the Date of the Decision
Krainewood Shores Assoc. v. Moultonborough - February 9, 2021
A Late Filed Claim for a Charitable Exemption under RSA 72:23-c Not Supported by a Contemporaneous Claim of Accident, Mistake or Misfortune Properly Denied by Town
New London Hospital v. Town of Newport - January 13, 2021
An Easement Exists Over a Discontinued Highway When the Easement is Reasonably Necessary for Access
Lauren Shearer v. Ronald Raymond - December 2, 2020
Police Department Internal Affairs Reports Required to be Disclosed Under the Right-to-Know Law Even When the Underlying Allegations of Police Officer Misconduct are Unfounded.
Samuel Provenza v. Town of Canaan - October 30, 2020
The Exculpatory Evidence Schedule (a/k/a Laurie List) is Not Exempt from Disclosure as Police Personnel File under RSA 105:13-b, Nor is it Exempt Internal Personnel Practice, but Might be Exempt Since Disclosure Would Constitute Invasion of Privacy
New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism v. NH Dept. of Justice. - October 2, 2020
Secretary of State Shall Forward Absentee Voter Registrations Forms Directly to Applicants and Can No Longer Refer Voters to City or Town Clerks
American Federation of Teachers v. Gardner - August 25, 2020
New Hampshire Supreme Court Affirms Discontinuance of a Road by a Town Pursuant to RSA 231:43.
Bellevue Properties v. Town of Conway - July 13, 2020
City Mask Ordinance Legal Under New Hampshire Law
Cooper v. Sununu; City of Nashua - July 8, 2020
An Unspent Annual Appropriation Will Lapse Unless Those Funds are Encumbered by a Legally Enforceable Obligation that Attaches to the Funds Before the End of the Fiscal Year
Monadnock Regional School District v. Monadnock District Education Assoc. - June 15, 2020
An Employer Who Fires an Individual Merely for Being Gay or Transgender Violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia - June 9, 2020
A Committee of City Employees that Provides Advice to Planning Board Applicants is Not a Public Body under the Right-to-Know Law; 50 Cents Per Page for Copying is Permissible Under 91-A.
Paul Martin v. City of Rochester - June 3, 2020
Objective Testimony from Residents, Combined with Personal Knowledge of Observable Facts by Board Members Can Refute Expert Opinions
Three Ponds Resort, LLC v. Town of Milton - May 29, 2020
The “Internal Personnel Practices” Exemption Under RSA 91-A:5, IV Only Applies to Records of the Internal Rules and Practices Governing an Agency’s Operations and Employee Relations, and Not Information Concerning the Performance of a Particular Employee.
Seacoast Newspapers v. Portsmouth - May 29, 2020
“Internal Personnel Practices” are Not Per Se Exempt from Disclosure, but Exempt if Disclosure is an Invasion of Privacy. “Internal Personnel Practices” are Defined as Internal Rules and Practices Governing Agency’s Operations and Employee Relations
Union Leader Corp. v. Town of Salem - April 24, 2020
Three-year Limitation on the Duty of a Municipality to Pay Excess Proceeds from the Sale of Tax Deeded Property is Unconstitutional
Polonsky v. Town of Bedford - April 8, 2020
Report about Alleged Misconduct by Elected Officials Acting in Their Capacity as Employers not Exempt as Internal Personnel Practice; Members of a Governing Body Cannot be Denied Access to Attorney-Client Communications
Hampstead School District v. SAU #55 - April 8, 2020
SB 3 Struck Down by the Court as Unconstitutional for Unreasonably Burdening the Right to Vote and Violating Equal Protection Under the New Hampshire Constitution
League of Women Voters v. Gardner - March 17, 2020
Employees with Supervisory Duties as Defined in Their Job Descriptions Should Have Been Excluded From a Proposed Collective Bargaining Unit
Appeal of Town of Loudon - December 20, 2019
Product Specifications of Covert Communications Equipment Used by Police Department Exempt from Disclosure under Right-to-Know Law
ACLU of NH & Concord Monitor v. City of Concord - October 25, 2019
New Hampshire’s Criminal Defamation Statute, RSA 644:11, Declared Unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution
Frese v MacDonald - September 27, 2019
Short Term Rental Use of Property Zoned Residential is Prohibited by a Zoning Ordinance Definition that Such Use is a Prohibited Transient Occupancy
Working Stiff Partners v. Portsmouth
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