CHAPMAN v. FOOTE

No. 6472.

112 N.H. 298 (1972)

WILLIAM L. CHAPMAN III v. MARJORIE B. FOOTE, CITY CLERK & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

July 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Chapman III, pro se, by brief, for the plaintiff.

Warren B. Rudman, attorney general, and Howard B. Myers, attorney, by brief, for the defendants.


KENISON, C.J.

The single issue presented in this case is whether the six months durational residence requirement of RSA 54:8 violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. RSA 54:8 in pertinent part provides: "No person shall be considered as dwelling or having his home in any town, for the purpose of voting or being voted for at any meeting, unless he shall have resided within such town six months next preceding...

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