Legal Opinion

Devere v. Attorney General

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided September 20, 2001No. 98-204PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUGGAN, j.

The State appeals from a Superior Court (McGuire, J.) order interpreting RSA 260:14, III (Supp. 2000) of the Driver Privacy Act to require disclosure of certain motor vehicle records to the plaintiff, Peter DeVere. We reverse and remand.

In August 1997, the plaintiff, a principal organizer of NH DWI Volunteers and an advocate of drunk driving related legislation, submitted a request to the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles (division) under the Right-to-Know Law, see RSA ch. 91-A (1990 & Supp. 2000), seeking the names, home towns and license plate numbers for all one, two,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Reno v. CondonSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Atwood v. OwensSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1997
  3. Piper v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1910
  4. Appeal of Ashland Electric DepartmentSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1996
  5. Appeal of Mascoma Valley Regional School DistrictSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1996

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Hartman v. Department of Conservation & Natural ResourcesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Appeal of CarnahanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
  5. DeVere v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003

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