SUNUNU v. BALLOT LAW COMM'N

No. 82-424.

122 N.H. 852 (1982)

JOHN H. SUNUNU v. BALLOT LAW COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls, of Manchester (Eugene M. Van Loan, III, on the brief and orally), for the petitioner.

James J. Barry, Jr., of Manchester, by brief and orally, for Meldrim Thomson, Jr.

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Martha V. Gordon and Jeffrey R. Cohen, assistant attorneys general, and Ronald F. Rodgers, attorney, on the brief, and Mr. Cohen orally), for the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission.

Sulloway, Hollis & Soden, of Concord (Martin L. Gross on the brief and orally), for the New Hampshire House Democratic Leadership.


PER CURIAM.

This petition for a writ of certiorari calls upon this court to determine whether the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission erred in ruling that the name of Meldrim Thomson, Jr., shall remain on the ballot as a candidate for Governor at the November 2, 1982, general election.

The petitioner, John H. Sununu, a Republican, was selected as that party's gubernatorial nominee, at the primary election held on September 14, 1982. He timely challenged under...

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