OPINION OF THE JUSTICES.
(Definition of Resident and Residence).
Supreme Court of New Hampshire.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted: May 31, 2018.
Opinion Issued: July 12, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., of Manchester ( Ovide M. Lamontagne on the memorandum), filed a memorandum on behalf of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in support of negative answers to the questions presented.
Lehmann Law Office, PLLC, of Manchester ( Richard J. Lehmann on the memorandum), filed a memorandum on behalf of the New Hampshire Senate in support of negative answers to the questions presented.
Gordon J. MacDonald , attorney general ( Francis C. Fredericks , assistant attorney general, and Lisa M. English , senior assistant attorney general, on the memorandum), filed a memorandum in support of the Justices answering the questions presented.
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC, of Manchester ( Eugene M. Van Loan, III on the memorandum), filed a memorandum on behalf of the Secretary of State.
Executive Councilor Christopher C. Pappas, of Manchester, and Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky, of Concord, filed a memorandum in support of the Justices declining to answer the questions presented or, in the alternative, in support of affirmative answers to the questions presented.
Dan Feltes , of Concord, and Paul Twomey , of Epsom, filed a memorandum on behalf of Senators Jeff Woodburn , Donna Soucy , and Dan Feltes , of the New Hampshire Senate, in support of the Justices declining to answer the questions presented or, in the alternative, in support of affirmative answers to the questions presented.
Gilles R. Bissonnette , of Concord, and Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., of Concord ( William E. Christie and S. Amy Spencer on the memorandum), filed a memorandum on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and the Fair Elections Center, in support of the Justices declining to answer the questions presented or, in the alternative, in support of affirmative answers to the questions presented.
Ray F. Chadwick , of Manchester, filed a memorandum on behalf of Granite State Taxpayers in support of negative answers to the questions presented.
Edward C. Mosca , of Manchester, filed a memorandum in support of negative answers to the questions presented.
Ed Naile , of Concord, filed a memorandum on behalf of Coalition of NH Taxpayers in support of negative answers to the questions presented.
On May 16, 2018, the Secretary of State transmitted to the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court a certified copy of a resolution of the Governor and Executive Council dated the same date requesting an opinion of the justices regarding House Bill (HB) 1264, an act amending the definition of "resident" and "residence" in RSA 21:6 and RSA 21:6-a. The act has been approved by the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Senate, and...
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