Legal Opinion
Chronicle & Gazette Publishing Co. v. Attorney General
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 27, 1946No. 3598PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKenison, J.
A petition for a declaratory judgment is particularly appropriate to determine the constitutionality of a statute when the parties desire and the public need requires a speedy determination of important public interests involved therein. Tirrell v. Johnston, 86 N. H. 530; Woolf v. Fuller, 87 N. H. 64; Anderson, Declaratory Judgments (Supp. 1946) 260.
The constitution of New Hampshire guarantees that the right to elect and be elected shall be free and equal. “All elections ought to be free, and every inhabitant of the state, having the proper qualifications, has equal right to elect, and be…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Grosjean v. American Press Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. BlakeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1973
- In Re Advisory Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
- State v. AlbersSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1973
- City of Bismarck v. MateriNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- O'NEIL v. ThomsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
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