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SHORT v. SCHOOL ADMIN. UNIT 16

No. 88-226.

136 N.H. 76 (1992)

RICHARD S. SHORT v. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NO. 16 & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Robertson, of Exeter, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff.

Soule, Leslie, Zelin, Sayward & Loughman, of Salem (Barbara F. Loughman and Michael S. Elwell on the brief, and Ms. Loughman orally), and Wiggin & Nourie, of Manchester (Richard B. McNamara on the brief), for the defendants, School Administrative Unit No. 16, Peter Vorkink, John Hodsdon, Renee Galli, and Judith W. Lamphere.

John P. Arnold, attorney general (David S. Peck, assistant attorney general, on the brief), by brief for the State, as amicus curiae.

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Chiesa, of Manchester (Robert E. Murphy, Jr., and Dean B. Eggert on the brief), by brief for New Hampshire School Boards Association, as amicus curiae.

HORTON, J.

The defendants appeal the denial of their motion to set aside, or for judgment notwithstanding, a jury verdict entered in Superior Court (Temple, J.) awarding the plaintiff, Richard S. Short, damages for the defendants' wrongful termination of his employment in violation of State law, as well as of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse and dismiss the plaintiff's wrongful termination claim brought pursuant to State law because Short's allegation that...

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