City of Manchester School District v. City of Manchester

In this declaratory judgment action, the defendant, City of Manchester (city), appeals an order of the Superior Court (Mangones, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Manchester School District and School Administrative Unit #37 (collectively, the school district). The court ruled that the city acted without authority when, by charter amendment, it merged the school district with the municipal corporation thereby making the school district a city department. See RSA ch. 49-B (2003). We affirm.

The trial court found the following facts. In December 1999, the school district…