City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire v. Richard Schlesinger and William Weinstein

The Supreme Court of New Hampshire issued its opinion on March 12, 1996, in City of Portsmouth v. Schlesinger, et al., 672 A.2d 712 (N.H.1996), responding to the question certified by this court on June 13, 1995. See City of Portsmouth v. Schlesinger, 57 F.3d 12, 18 (1st Cir.1995).

Having dealt with appellant’s other arguments in our earlier decision, the sole remaining issue in this appeal is whether the appellees’ so-called “illegality” defense was time barred. The district court held the defense timely and, ruling that it applied to appellant’s conduct, entered judgment for the appellees.…