Legal Opinion
Eames v. Rudman
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 28, 1975No. 7054PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, J.
The issue to be decided is whether the attorney general has authority to temporarily suspend the county attorney from exercising his criminal law enforcement authority because the county attorney has been arrested and charged with exhibiting certain allegedly obscene films. We hold that he has.
The facts are these. On June 28, 1974, the plaintiff, John B. Eames, was charged with two misdemeanors for exhibiting two allegedly obscene movies, “Deep Throat” and “The Devil In Miss Jones”, contrary to RSA 650:2 III (Supp. 1973). Three days later, on July 1, 1974, the plaintiff was also charged with…
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- In Re MussmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1972
- Wyman v. DanaisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1958
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