E. D. Swett, Inc. v. New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights

I respectfully disagree with the majority opinion wherein it declines to find that RSA chapter 354-A authorizes the commission to award compensatory damages.

RSA chapter 354-A was enacted as a broad legislative scheme designed to eradicate the evil of unlawful discrimination. In a strong declaration of purpose, the legislature found and declared:

“that practices of discrimination against any of its inhabitants because of age, sex, race, creed, color, marital status, physical or mental handicap or national origin are a matter of state concern, that such discrimination not only threatens the…