R. S. Audley, Inc. v. State

This case concerns the standards to be used in setting wage rates under RSA ch. 280. It comes to us on a motion by the State as defendant, see Melton v. Personnel Comm’n, 119 N.H. 272, 401 A.2d 1060 (1979), asking this court to dismiss plaintiffs’ petition in the nature of an appeal from a decision of the public works wage rate appeal board, RSA 280:3, and to refuse plaintiffs a writ of certiorari.

On May 29,1978, the commissioner of labor, responding to a request from the commissioner of public works and highways, set the minimum wages to be paid to laborers on two public works projects in…