Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Curtis S. Ridlon v. New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation

July 24, 2019

Summary

The Supreme Court reversed the trial court, holding that Part I, Article 20 of the New Hampshire Constitution does not guarantee a jury trial in the Bureau's administrative enforcement action seeking civil penalties, because the action is a statutory scheme not rooted in the common‑law right to trial by jury that existed before 1784.