Legal Opinion

Petition of Bayview Crematory, LLC

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided August 8, 2007No. 2006-900PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGalway, J.

The petitioners filed a petition for original jurisdiction pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 11 after the Superior Court (.Morrill J.) denied their request for an interlocutory appeal of its order certifying as a class action the lawsuit of the respondents, who are clients of funeral homes that contracted with petitioner Bayview Crematory (Bayview). We reverse the class certification order.

The record supports the following. Petitioner Derek Wallace was the owner and operator of Bayview. He was also the funeral director at petitioner Hart Wallace Funeral Home and the owner and operator of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Leonard J. Klay v. Humana, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  2. State v. LambertSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2001
  3. In Re Nassau County Strip Search Cases. Gardy Augustin, Heidi Kane, Mary Katherine Pugliese, Gregg Wills, Steven Roth, Oscar Avelar, Ralph Diliello, John Iaffaldano, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Francis O'day, and Stuart Moskowitz v. Joseph P. Jablonsky, Sheriff of Nassau County, County of Nassau, Thomas S. Gulotta, Nassau County Executive, Nassau County Sheriff's Department, Division of Corrections, Port Washington Police District and William Kilfoil, Chief of Police, Port Washington Police Department, Jane/john Does 1-200Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  4. Bowe v. Polymedica Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
  5. Chiang v. VenemanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lawrence v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 2012
  2. Laramie v. StoneSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2010
  3. David P. Eby & a. v. State of New HampshireSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2014
  4. State v. BreedSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2009
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