Legal Opinion
Handley v. Town of Hooksett
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided November 14, 2001No. 2000-020PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBroderick, J.
The plaintiff, Gerald Handley, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) holding that RSA 675:5 (1996) does not require towns to determine the validity of a protest petition prior to the vote on a warrant article and that the defendant, Town of Hooksett (town), had not impermissibly combined multiple amendments to its zoning ordinance into a single ballot question. We affirm.
The record supports the following facts. On January 20,1999, the town posted the warrant for its annual meeting. Among the questions to be voted on was Warrant Article 2, Amendment 4 (ballot question), which…
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