Legal Opinion
Lovejoy v. Linehan
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 23, 2011No. 2010-343PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHicks, J.
The plaintiff, David J. Lovejoy, appeals an order of the Superior Court {Nicolosi, J.) dismissing his claim for invasion of privacy by public disclosure of private facts against defendants James Daniel Linehan and Mark Peirce. We affirm.
The following facts are recited in the trial court’s order or are supported by the record. This case arises out of the 2009 election for Rockingham County Sheriff in which the plaintiff challenged Linehan, the incumbent. Peirce was a deputy sheriff and Linehan’s second-in-command.
On October 27,2008, the Portsmouth Herald published an article written by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Demar Nilson v. Layton City and Rex BrimhallCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Summe v. Kenton County Clerk's OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
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