Legal Opinion

Appeal of Sutfin

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided April 16, 1997No. 95-626PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtBroderick, J.

The respondent, Lloyd V Sutfin, D.D.S., appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Board of Dental Examiners (board) reprimanding and fining him for a deceptive and misleading professional services advertisement that ran in several newspapers. See RSA 317-A:18-a, VI (1995). We hold that the board’s order violated the respondent’s commercial free speech rights under the first amendment to the United States Constitution. Accordingly, we reverse.

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The respondent, a licensed New Hampshire periodontist, patented a vibrating probe designed to treat gum disease. During 1994, the respondent advertised…

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