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HUGHES v. SPEAKER, N.H. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

No. 2005-215.

152 N.H. 276 (2005)

DANIEL M. HUGHES v. SPEAKER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: June 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Olson & Gould, P.C., of Concord (Bryan K. Gould and E. Maria Reinemann on the brief, and Mr. Gould orally), for the plaintiff.

Orr & Reno, P.A., of Concord (James P. Bassett & a. on the brief, and Mr. Bassett orally), and Richard J. Lehmann, senate legal counsel, by brief, and Patrick Donovan, house legal counsel, by brief, for the defendants.

Kelly A. Ayotte, attorney general (Daniel J. Mullen, associate attorney general, on the brief), for the State, as amicus curiae.

DUGGAN, J.

The defendants appeal the ruling of the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) that they violated Part I, Article 8 of the State Constitution and RSA chapter 91-A when they privately negotiated a compromise of Senate Bill (SB) 302. This appeal requires that we carefully consider: the public's constitutional right of access to governmental proceedings, see N.H. CONST. pt. I, art. 8; the public's statutory right to know, see RSA ch. 91-A (2001...

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