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04/08/2020

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

Rockingham County Superior Court Docket No. 218-2020-CV-00236

03/17/2020

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

New Hampshire Supreme Court Docket No. 019-0229

12/20/2019

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

New Hampshire Superior Court Docket No. 217-2019-CV-00462

10/25/2019

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

U.S. District Court for District of New Hampshire Docket No. 18-cv-1180-JL

09/27/2019

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

New Hampshire Supreme Court Case No. 2018-0491

08/30/2019

Wetland Regulation May be Included in Natural Resource Protection Rules; Local Wetland Protection Rules not Preempted; Board Procedures not Subject to Strict Scrutiny

Denis Girard v. Town of Plymouth

New Hampshire Supreme Court No. 2018-0495

08/22/2019

Direct Evidence that Retaliation Played a Substantial Role in the Challenged Employment Decision Needed Before Court Review of Whistleblower Claim Switches from "Pretext" to "Mixed Movtive"

Appeal of Wayne Preve

New Hampshire Supreme Court No. 2018-0675

06/24/2019

United States Supreme Court Comments on How the First Amendment Applies to Governmental Rules

Iancu v. Brunetti

United States Supreme Court No. 18-302

06/21/2019

Property Taking Claims No Longer Required to Prosecute State or Local Appeal Procedures Before Suing in Federal Court

Knick v. Township of Scott

United States Supreme Court, No. 17–647

06/20/2019

Historical, Religiously Expressive Monuments May Be Maintained by Municipalities Without Violating the Establishment Clause

American Legion v. American Humanist Association

United States Supreme Court No. 17-1716

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