DOVER PROFESSIONAL FIRE OFFICERS ASSOC. v. CITY OF DOVER

No. 83-312.

124 N.H. 165 (1983)

DOVER PROFESSIONAL FIRE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION v. CITY OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE WACKENHUT SERVICES, INCORPORATED, INTERVENOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1312 v. CITY OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE WACKENHUT SERVICES, INCORPORATED, INTERVENOR

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Randlett, of Exeter (G. Page Brown, Jr., on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff Dover Professional Fire Officers Association.

Cahill, Murtha & Molan, of Concord (Stephen N. Cahill and Richard E. Molan on the brief, and Mr. Cahill orally), for the plaintiff International Association of Firefighters, Local 1312.

Perkins & Upshall P.A., of Concord (Thomas G. Cooper on the brief and orally), for the Associated Firefighters of New Hampshire, International Association of Firefighters, as amicus curiae.

Shaheen, Cappiello, Stein & Gordon, of Concord (Steven M. Gordon on the brief and orally), for the Voters Interested in Public Safety, as amicus curiae.

Scott E. Woodman, city attorney, of Dover, by brief and orally, for the defendant, City of Dover.

Burns, Bryant, Hinchey, Cox & Shea P.A., of Dover (Donald R. Bryant and Samuel R. Reid, III, on the brief, and Mr. Reid orally), for the intervenor, Wackenhut Services, Incorporated.


PER CURIAM.

This is an interlocutory transfer without ruling from the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.). At issue is the validity and constitutionality of a contract entered into by the City of Dover with a private corporation, Wackenhut Services, Incorporated, for the provision of fire protection and ambulance services in the city of Dover. We hold that the contract is void for failure to comply with the statutory mandates of chapter 101, section 1 of the New Hampshire...

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