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PIPER v. SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

No. 82-1548.

723 F.2d 98 (1983)

Kathryn A. PIPER, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin L. Gross, Concord, N.H., with whom Sulloway Hollis & Soden, and Martha V. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Div. of Legal Counsel, Concord, N.H., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Jon Meyer, Concord, N.H., with whom Law Offices of Robert A. Backus, Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether New Hampshire Supreme Court Rule 42 requiring that applicants to the state bar reside within New Hampshire is constitutional. We find that it is.

Plaintiff-appellee Kathryn A. Piper lives in Lower Waterford, Vermont, less than 400 yards from the New Hampshire border. She is admitted to the state bar of Vermont. In 1979 she applied for permission to sit for the February 1980 New Hampshire...

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