CLOUTIER v. STATE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A., of Manchester ( Ovide M. Lamontagne and Joshua M. Wyatt on the brief, and Mr. Lamontagne orally), for the petitioners.

Michael A. Delaney , attorney general ( Anne M. Edwards , associate attorney general, and Laura E.B. Lombardi , assistant attorney general, on the brief, and Ms. Edwards orally), for the State.

Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C., of Concord ( Charles G. Douglas, III and David M. Howe on the brief, and Mr. Douglas orally), for the Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire Judicial Retirement Plan.

David R. Connell , of Concord, Theodore E. Comstock , of Concord, and Betsy B. Miller , of Concord, on the joint brief, for New Hampshire Local Government Center, New Hampshire School Boards Association and New Hampshire Association of Counties, as amici curiae.