7/22/2014: Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. State of New Hampshire
On July 22, 2014, the ACLU-NH filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Libertarian Party challenging HB1542. HB1542 is a new state law passed in 2014 that imposes onerous restrictions on third parties by...
View Article7/24/2014: Guare, et. al. v State of New Hampshire
This suit challenges the New Hampshire law which would freeze out students and other mobile domiciliaries from federal and state elections. The law would require those registering to vote to sign an...
View Article7/28/2014: City of Keene v. James Cleaveland, et al.
On July 28, 2014, the ACLU-NH filed an amicus brief before the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the case City of Keene v. James Cleaveland, et al. In this case, the City of Keene has brought civil...
View Article8/8/2014: State of New Hampshire v. Catherine Bailey, et. al.
The NHCLU defended several protestors charged with violations of a curfew ordinance and criminal trespass when they set up a twenty-four hour occupation of Veteran’s Park in Manchester. The NHCLU...
View Article8/20/2014: Pendleton v. Town of Hudson, et al.
On August 20, 2014, the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Concord against the Town of Hudson on behalf of Jeffery Pendleton, a homeless man who resides in the...
View Article8/29/2014: State of New Hampshire v. Soto, et al.
On May 12, 2014, the NHCLU filed a “friend-of-the court” brief on behalf of itself, six other organizations, and four professors at the University of New Hampshire School of Law asking the New...
View Article9/8/2014: Duncan, et. al. v. State of New Hampshire
The Education Tax Credit Program allows businesses to reduce their tax liability by receiving an 85 percent tax credit in exchange for donations made to K-12 scholarship organizations, which will pay...
View Article10/31/2014: Rideout, et al. v. State of New Hampshire
On October 31, 2014, the NHCLU filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three New Hampshire voters—including one member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives—challenging RSA 659:35(I) on the...
View Article11/4/2014: Pendleton v. City of Nashua, et al.
We represent a 24-year-old man who is homeless and spent 33 days in jail simply for walking in a park. In May 2014, Jeff Pendleton was hauled off to jail for walking along a public foot path in the...
View ArticleFarrelly v. City of Concord, et al.
On December 12, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire filed an amicus brief before the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the case Farrelly v. City of Concord, et. al. In this case,...
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