Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1987

The New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the district court’s order calling forward two suspended sentences because the defendant was not informed of the time period within which the court could exercise that authority, a violation of due process under the state constitution.

The court affirmed dismissal of the plaintiff's petition because each asserted cause of action relied on conclusory legal allegations rather than specific supporting facts. The complaint did not adequately plead a triggering offer under the right-of-first-refusal provision, the elements of intentional interference…

The court affirmed both judgments arising from the alleged police assault. It held that the first jury's findings against the city did not collaterally estop the officer in his later personal-liability action because he neither participated in nor authorized the city's defense, and that the later inconsistent verdict…