Cross v. Brown

The plaintiff, Denise Cross, filed suit in superior court against the defendant, Cameron Brown, former chief of the Ashland Police Department, seeking a declaration that he violated her rights under the New Hampshire Right to Privacy Act, RSA chapter 359-C (1995 & Supp. 2002), and an award of costs and attorney’s fees. In this interlocutory transfer and appeal, see Sup. Ct. R. 8, 9, we are asked to decide: (1) whether RSA chapter 359-C creates a civil cause of action, and if so, what remedies the statute authorizes; and (2) whether official immunity or qualified immunity is a defense…