Appeal of The Portsmouth Trust Co.

The central issue in this case is whether the proceedings of the Board of Trust Company Incorporation concerning the application of the New Hampshire Savings Bank to open a branch office in Portsmouth violated the due process rights of the plaintiff banks in that the board denied these plaintiff banks access to the confidential report of a bank examiner. A second issue is whether the board’s refusal to make certain findings of fact and rulings of law, as the plaintiffs requested, violated the provisions of RSA 384-B:2 IV. We hold that the board’s refusal to allow the plaintiffs access to the…