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2021 Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Date Argued Case Number Case     Video Link
12/14/21 2021-0250 AZNH Revocable Trust & a.
John F. Sullivan
(15 min.)
v. Spinnaker Cove Yacht Club Association, Inc.
DW&M
(Demetrio F. Aspiras, III)
(15 min.)
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12/14/21 2021-0068 Dylan O’Malley-Joyce & a.
S L/O
(R. James Steiner)
(15 min.)
v. Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company
PPE&C
(Doreen F. Connor)
(15 min.)
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12/14/21 2021-0015 Avanru Development Group, Ltd.
SPB&G
(James P. Harris)
(15 min.)
v. Town of Swanzey
U&H 
(Michael P. Courtney)
(15 min.)
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12/14/21 2020-0569 Petition of Devin Miles
Kirsten B. Wilson (15 min.) for petitioner
Attorney General (Elizabeth C. Woodcock) (15 min.) for State of New Hampshire
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12/14/21 2021-0102 Janet Bisceglia
BBCR&D
(Matthew B. Cox)
(15 min.)
v. New Hampshire Secretary of State & a.
Attorney General
(Samuel R.V. Garland)
(15 min.)
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11/18/21 2020-0322 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(15 min.)
v. Justin Gunnip
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie Hausman)
(15 min.)
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11/18/21 2021-0027
2021-0028

Appeal of New Hampshire Troopers Association & a.
Appeal of State Employees’ Association of New
Hampshire, Inc., SEIU, Local 1984
(Public Employee Labor Relations Board)

M&K (John S. Krupski) for New Hampshire Troopers
Association & a.
SEA-NH (Gary Snyder) for State Employees’
Association of New Hampshire, SEIU Local 1984
(15 min. total)

Attorney General (Zachary L. Higham) (15 min.) for State
of New Hampshire

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11/18/21 2021-0234 In the Matter of Senay Akin and Nedim Suljevic
R&G (Daniel V. Ward, pro hac vice) (15 min.) and
PFB&P (William C. Saturley) for respondent
BLO (Sandra Bloomenthal) (15 min.) for petitioner
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11/18/21 2021-0138 In re The Omega Trust
CLO (Lisa J. Bellanti) (15 min.) for petitioner
BON&D (Pamela J. Newkirk) for respondent        }
S&G (Benjamin T. Siracusa Hillman) for special  } (15 min. total)
trustee 
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11/16/21 2021-0031 Alfred E. Gagnon
S-WS&S
(Robert M. Shepard)
(15 min.)
v. Town of Pelham 
DT&C
(Brendan A. O’Donnell)
(15 min.)
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11/16/21 2021-0061 Keene School District
SLKS&L
(Peter C. Phillips)
(15 min.)
v. Keene Education Association, NEA-NH
NEA-NH
(Esther Kane Dickinson)
(15 min.)
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11/16/21 2019-0503 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)
v. Brandon Griffin
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)
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11/16/21 2019-0628 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Weston R. Sager)
(15 min.)
v. Roger Dana
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie Hausman)
(15 min.)
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10/21/21 2021-0146 Petition of State of New Hampshire
Attorney General (Samuel R.V. Garland) (15 min.) for State of New 
Hampshire
ACLU-NH (Henry R. Klementowicz) (15 min.) for the respondents
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10/21/21 2019-0265 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham) 
(15 min.)
v. Benjamin M. Mackenzie
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)
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10/20/21 2020-0496 Debbie Banaian
SR
(Brian C. Shaughnessy)
(15 min.)
v. Ann Elizabeth Bascom & a.
Desmarais L/G
(Debra L. Mayotte) for Katie Moulton
MM
(Adam R. Mordecai) for Jacob D. MacDuffie
(15 min. total)
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10/20/21 2021-0129 Patricia Crowe
Wyatt L/O
(Timothy J. Brock) 
(15 min.)
v. Appalachian Stitching Company, LLC
PPE&C
(Gary M. Burt)
(15 min.)
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10/20/21 2020-0563 Samuel Provenza
M&K
(John S. Krupski)
(15 min.)
v. Town of Canaan
ACLU-NH
(Henry R. Klementowicz) for the intervenor, Valley News
(15 min.)
Amici: M&S (Gregory V. Sullivan) for Union Leader Corporation and New England First Amendment Coalition
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10/20/21 2020-0165 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Benjamin Agati)
(15 min.)
v. Daswan Jette
Appellate Defender
(Thomas Barnard)
(15 min.)
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10/14/21 2020-0470 Scott Paine
BM&B 
(Jon Meyer) 
(15 min.) and
ERG
(Chad T. Hansen)
Amici:  ACLU-NH
(Gilles R. Bissonnette and Henry R. Klementowicz) for American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire
DRC
(Pamela E. Phelan and 
Sarah J. Jancarik) for Disability Rights Center of New Hampshire
v. Ride-Away, Inc.
DM&B
(Mark D. Attorri)
(15 min.)
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10/14/21 2021-0156 Keene Auto Body, Inc.
Steven Piispanen, nonlawyer
(5 min.)
Amicus: BSS&N
(Edward J. Sackman) for
New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association
(10 min.)
v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
PPE&C
(Brendan D. O’Brien)
(15 min.)
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10/14/21 2020-0234 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(15 min.)
v. Carley Williams
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie C. Hausman)
(15 min.)
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10/14/21 2020-0204 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Weston R. Sager)
(15 min.)
v. Roger Roy
Appellate Defender
(Thomas A. Barnard)
(15 min.)
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9/30/21 2020-0457 Mary Rivard
Robert M. Fojo
(15 min.)
v. Governor, State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Laura E. B. Lombardi)
(15 min.)
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9/30/21 2020-0450 Appeal of New Hampshire Division of State Police
(Personnel Appeals Board) 
Attorney General (Emily C. Goering) (15 min.) for New Hampshire Division of State Police
Amicus:  ACLU-NH (Gilles R. Bissonnette and Henry R. Klementowicz) for American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire
M&K (Marc G. Beaudoin) (15 min.) for Thomas Owens
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9/28/21 2020-0447

John Doe
M&K
(John S. Krupski)
(15 min.)

v.

Attorney General
Attorney General
(Anthony J. Galdieri)
(15 min.)
Amici:  ACLU-NH
(Gilles R. Bissonnette and Henry R. Klementowicz) for American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire
WS&P
(Robin D. Melone) for New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

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9/28/21 2020-0521

Louise Spencer
Paul Twomey and
AO
(Katherine M. Anthony,
pro hac vice)
(15 min.)

v.

Governor, State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Jennifer Ramsey)
(15 min.)

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9/28/21 2019-0737

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Heather Cherniske)
(15 min.)

v.

Mark Heath
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)

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9/28/21 2021-0014

Dianna Rudder
DO&O
(Cabot Teachout)
(15 min.)

v.

Director, New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles
Attorney General
(Emily C. Goering)
(15 min.)

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9/14/21

2018-0606
2020-0338

State of New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Bryan J. Townsend, II)
(15 min.)
v. Jerry Newton
Jerry Newton
LG
(Theodore M. Lothstein)
(15 min.)
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9/14/21 2019-0682 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(15 min.)
v. Steven M. Clark
Appellate Defender
(Thomas A. Barnard)
(15 min.)
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9/14/21 2020-0416 Appeal of New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Attorney General (Jessica A. King) (15 min.) for petitioner
Gary J. Snyder (15 min.) for State Employees’ Association of
New Hampshire, Inc., SEIU Local 1984
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9/14/21 2021-0111 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)
v. Bryan Erickson
CF&W
(Roger C. Chadwick)
(15 min.)
and
A&G
(Henry B. Brennan, pro hac vice, and William A. Gilmore)
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7/7/21 2020-0251

Seabrook Onestop, Inc. & a.
CB&Z
(John G. Cronin)
(15 min.)

v.

Town of Seabrook & a.
Bruce J. Marshall for Waterstone Properties Group, Inc.
(15 min.)

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7/7/21 2020-0358

Merrimack Premium Outlets, LLC & a.
SCL
(Anthony M. Ambriano)
(15 min.)

v.

Town of Merrimack
DW&M
(Demetrio F. Aspiras)
(15 min.)

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7/7/21 2020-0471

Vita Cooper, Trustee, Utopia Revocable Trust
Bruce J. Marshall
(15 min.)

v.

Vita Cooper, Trustee, Utopia Revocable Trust
Bruce J. Marshall
(15 min.)

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6/29/21 2021-0168

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Scott D. Chase)
(15 min.)

v.

Volodymyr Zhukovskyy
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)

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6/29/21 2021-0088

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(15 min.)

v.

Kevin Porter
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)

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6/22/21 2020-0473 Appeal of City of Keene
DT&C (Eric A. Maher) (15 min.) for City of Keene
S&H (Derek D. Lick) (15 min.) for Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy
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6/22/21 2020-0474 Appeal of City of Berlin
DT&C (Christopher L. Boldt) (15 min.) for City of Berlin
S&H (Derek D. Lick) (15 min.) for Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy
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6/22/21 2020-0475 Appeal of Town of Chester & a.
DT&C (Eric A. Maher) (15 min.) for Town of Chester and Town of Hudson
S&H (Derek D. Lick) (15 min.) for Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy
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6/22/21 2020-0299 In the Matter of Heather Birch and Michael Birch
PPE&C (Doreen F. Connor) (10 min.) for Michael Birch
T&B (Friedrich K. Moeckel) (10 min.) for Heather Birch
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6/17/21 2020-0275

Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc.
ALO (John F. Hayes) and
Mark F. Murphy, pro hac vice
(15 min.)

v.

Town of Windham
B&C
(Bernard H. Campbell)
(15 min.)

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6/17/21 2020-0538

Appeal of Keith R. Mader 2000 Revocable Trust & a.
CCC (Randall F. Cooper) (15 min.) for all petitioners
DT&C (Brendan Avery O’Donnell) (15 min.) for Town of Bartlett

    View Video
6/17/21 2020-0536

Petition of Whitman Operating Co., LLC d/b/a Camp Walt Whitman & a.
BSS&N (Ovide M. Lamontagne) (10 min.) for petitioners
Attorney General (Laura E. B. Lombardi) (10 min.) for
New Hampshire Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR)

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6/15/21 2020-0316 Town of Lincoln
HM
(Peter J. Malia, Jr.)
(15 min.)
v. Joseph Chenard
Bruce J. Marshall
(15 min.)
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6/15/21 2018-0315 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Peter R. Hinckley)
(15 min.)
v. Richard Moore
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)
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05/27/21 2016-0037
2019-0589

State of New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Peter R. Hinckley)
(15 min.)

v.
v.

Tristan Wolusky
Tristan Wolusky
BLI&H
(Jaye L. Rancourt)
(15 min.)

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05/27/21 2020-0259

Christine Seward
Howard B. Myers
(15 min.)

v.

Charles Richards & a.
B&Z
(Melvin T. Diep)
(15 min.)

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05/27/21 2020-0370 Carter Country Club, Inc.
GC&G
(Samantha D. Elliott)
(15 min.)
v. Carter Community Building Association
O&R
(Jeremy D. Eggleton)
(15 min.)
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05/12/21 2020-0437

Bellevue Properties, Inc.
BSS&N
(Roy W. Tilsley, Jr.)
(15 min.)

v.

13 Green Street Properties, LLC & a.
S&H
(Derek D. Lick)
(15 min.)

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05/12/21 2020-0449

ClearChoiceMD, PLLC
DW&M
(Demetrio F. Aspiras, III)
(15 min.)

v.

Horace Henriques, MD
W.E. Whittington
(15 min.)

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05/05/21 2020-0113

Chad Short & a.
D&S
(Gregory L. Silverman)
(15 min.)

v.

John LaPlante & a.
CLR&M
(Kathleen M. Mahan)
(15 min.)

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05/05/21 2020-0518

Anna Carrigan

RY&P
(Michael S. Lewis)
(15 min.)

v.

State of New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services & a.
Attorney General
(Samuel R.V. Garland)
(15 min.)

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04/28/21 2020-0252

New Hampshire Democratic Party
League of Women Voters of New Hampshire & a.
MM
(Steven J. Dutton) and
PC
(Amanda R. Callais, pro hac vice)
(15 min.)

v.

William M. Gardner & a.;
William M. Gardner & a.
Attorney General
(Anthony J. Galdieri)
(15 min.)

View Video
04/28/21

2020-0172

Saint Anselm College Corporation & a.
U&H
(Russell F. Hilliard) for Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC
(15 min.)

v.

Board of Trustees of Saint Anselm College
BSS&N
(Ovide M. Lamontagne)
(15 min.)

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04/28/21 2020-0515

L.C.
NHLA
(Mary Krueger)
(15 min.)

v.

W.C.
Thomas Reid
(15 min.)

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04/14/21 2020-0320

Robert St. Onge
SR
(Brian C. Shaughnessy)
(15 min.)

v.

Oberten, LLC
WS&P
(Craig S. Donais)
(15 min.)

View Video
04/14/21 2020-0025

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)

v.

Mark Boulton
RF
(William A. Korman)
(15 min.)

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04/14/21 2018-0336

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Brandon H. Garod)
(15 min.)

v.

Elizabeth Seibel
Appellate Defender
(Thomas A. Barnard)
(15 min.)

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04/14/21 2020-0053

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Velez)
(15 min.)

v.

Matthew Gedney
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie C. Hausman)
(15 min.)

View Video
03/31/21 2020-0029
2020-0313

In the Matter of James R. Britton and Patricia F. Britton
In the Matter of James R. Britton and Patricia F. Britton
Jonathan M. Flagg (15 min.) for James R. Britton
DM&B (Pamela A. Peterson) (15 min.) for Patricia F. Britton

    View Video
03/31/21

2020-0201

In the Matter of Lisa Rasmussen and Robert Rasmussen
Sharon Rondeau (15 min.) for Robert Rasmussen
H&Z (Mark D. Hanlon) (15 min.) for Lisa Rasmussen

    View Video
03/31/21 2020-0151 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(10 min.)
v. Ryan B. Tuttle
BLI&H
(Jaye L. Rancourt)
(10 min.)
View Video
03/25/21 2020-0239

Petition of Michael Connarn
Appellate Defender (David M. Rothstein) (15 min.) for petitioner
Attorney General (Elizabeth C. Velez) (15 min.) for State of New Hampshire

    View Video
03/25/21 2020-0454 Jane Doe
S&M
(Gary N. Apfel)
(15 min.)
Amici: Joshua L. Gordon for
NAMI New Hampshire
SPB&G (Michael D. Ramsdell
and James P. Harris) for
hospitals
ACLU-NH (Gilles Bissonnette
and Henry R. Klementowicz)
and WG&M (Aaron J. Curtis,
Colin F. McGrath, and
Theodore E. Tsekerides, all pro
hac vice) for John Doe & a.
v.

Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Attorney General
(Anthony J. Galdieri)
(15 min.)

View Video
03/18/21 2019-0537

In the Matter of David Bournival and Eileen Bournival
DM&B (William F. Gramer) (15 min.) for David Bournival
H&K (Kevin P. Rauseo) (15 min.) for Eileen Bournival

    View Video
03/18/21 2019-0680

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)

v.

Seth Hinkley
Appellate Defender
(Thomas A. Barnard)
(15 min.)

View Video

03/18/21

2020-0249
2020-0250

PPI Enterprises, LLC
CB&Z
(John G. Cronin)
(15 min.)

v.

Town of Windham
B&C
(Bernard H. Campbell) for Town of Windham Planning Board; and
DT&C
(Christopher L. Boldt) for Town of Windham Zoning Board of Adjustment
(15 min. total)

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02/24/21 2020-0226

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(10 min.)

v.

Stephen Jordan
DHL
(Brad C. Davis)
(10 min.)

View Video
02/24/21 2020-0443

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Meghan C. Hagaman)
(10 min.)

v.

Richard Sargent
SLO
(D. Wade Harwood)
(10 min.)

View Video
02/18/21 2020-0063

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)

v.

Scott Hilliard
DL&G
(Jared J. Bedrick)
(15 min.)

View Video
02/18/21 2020-0052

B&C Management
GSS&P
(Heather S. Ward)
(15 min.)

v.

State of New Hampshire Division of Emergency Services
Attorney General
(Matthew T. Broadhead)
(15 min.)

View Video
02/18/21 2020-0167

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(15 min.)

v.

Daniel Davis
Stephen T. Jeffco
(15 min.)

View Video
02/18/21 2020-0080

In the Matter of Lura Sanborn and Jeffrey Bart
O&R (Jeremy D. Eggleton) (15 min.) for Lura Sanborn
Patrick J. Sheehan (15 min.) for Jeffrey Bart

    View Video
02/11/21 2020-0036 American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire & a.
ACLU-NH
(Henry R. Klementowicz)
(15 min.)
v.

City of Concord
City Solicitor
(James W. Kennedy, III)
(15 min.)

View Video
02/11/21 2020-0163 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)
v. Teresa Mercon
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)
View Video
02/11/21

2020-0216
2020-0352

Tejasinha Sivalingam
Tejasinha Sivalingam
M&H
(Stephen T. Martin)
(15 min.)

v.
v.
Frances Newton & a.
Town of Ashland Board of Selectmen & a.
GC&G
(Anne E. Jenness and Charles Bauer) for Frances Newton and Leigh Sharps
MMG
(Laura A. Spector-Morgan) for Town of Ashland Board of Selectmen
(15 min. total)
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1/27/21 2019-0653

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)

v.

Richard Soulia
Appellate Defender
(Thomas A. Barnard)
(15 min.)

View Video
1/27/21 2019-0736

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Laura E. B. Lombardi)
(15 min.)

v.

Joshua Heredia
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie C. Hausman)
(15 min.)

View Video
1/27/21 2020-0268

Hampstead School Board & a.
WS&P
(Michael G. Eaton)
(15 min.)

v.

School Administrative Unit No. 55
JL
(Samuel H. Martin)
(15 min.)

View Video
1/27/21 2019-0668

State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Zachary L. Higham)
(15 min.)

v.

Kyle C. Buffum
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie C. Hausman)
(15 min.)

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1/14/21 2018-0104 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock) (15 min.)
v. Eduardo Lopez, Jr.
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)
View Video
1/14/21 2018-0662 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)
v. Robert Dingman
Appellate Defender
(Christopher M. Johnson)
(15 min.)
View Video
1/14/21 2019-0622 Appeal of JoAnn Hoff
(Compensation Appeals Board)
Leslie H. Johnson for JoAnn Hoff (15 min.)
B&M (Kevin W. Stuart) (15 min.) for A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Companies and Valley Regional Healthcare, Inc.
    View Video
1/14/21 2019-0603 State of New Hampshire
Attorney General
(Elizabeth C. Woodcock)
(15 min.)
v. David Almeida
Appellate Defender
(Stephanie C. Hausman)
(15 min.)
View Video