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SOCHA v. CITY OF MANCHESTER

No. 84-225

126 N.H. 289 (1985)

EDWARD J. SOCHA, JR. v. THE CITY OF MANCHESTER & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

March 20, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Scotch, of Manchester, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff.

Thomas R. Clark, assistant city solicitor, by brief and orally, for the defendants.

George Bruno, of Manchester, by brief and orally, for Marc Jalbert and Save Manchester's Neighborhoods, Inc., as amici curiae.

BATCHELDER, J.

The Superior Court (Flynn, J.) transferred to us the questions whether the defendant City of Manchester violated the constitutional prohibition against retrospective laws, N.H. CONST. pt. I, art. 23, or the public hearing requirement of RSA 31:63 (Supp. 1983) (current version at RSA 675:2 (Supp. 1983)), when the city adopted the provisions of RSA 156:3-a (Supp. 1983). We find the city's adoption of the statute constitutionally and statutorily...

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