In re the State Employees' Ass'n of New Hampshire, Inc.

This petition for certiorari has been brought by the State Employees' Association of New Hampshire, Inc., and two individual employees, Thomas J. Goulette and Elizabeth Hamlin-Morin. The petition alleges that the respondent New Hampshire Personnel Commission acted illegally or unreasonably or abused its discretion in declining to certify the petitioners’ classification and compensation appeal as a class action. Petitioners seek an order from this court that the appeal before the commission may proceed as a class action. For the reasons which follow, we dismiss the petition.

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