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April 2025 .pdf archive
Supreme Court accepted cases list
Accepted cases
| Docket | Case | Accepted | Lower court/agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-0097 | In re J.W. | 04/09/2025 | 6th N.H. Circuit Court - Concord Probate Division |
| 2025-0106 | E.O. v. R.T. | 04/01/2025 | 9th N.H. Circuit Court - Manchester Family Division |
| 2025-0131 | McMaster Development, LLC v. Town of Derry | 04/01/2025 | Rockingham County Superior Court |
| 2025-0132 | J.R. v. D.B. | 04/29/2025 | 7th N.H. Circuit Court - Rochester District Division |
| 2025-0133 | In The Matter of Tara Dickison and Thomas Sileo | 04/28/2025 | 9th N.H. Circuit Court - Manchester Family Division |
| 2025-0134 | Robert E. Thomsen, III v. New Hampshire Department of Corrections | 04/14/2025 | Merrimack County Superior Court |
| 2025-0135 | Phyllis Kennedy et al. v. Richard Miller D/B/A Seacoast Braces/Miller Orthodontics | 04/14/2025 | Rockingham County Superior Court |
| 2025-0136 | P.L. v. M.M. | 04/03/2025 | 4th N.H. Circuit Court - Laconia Family Division |
| 2025-0137 | In The Matter of Thomas Morgan and Molly Morgan | 04/10/2025 | 6th N.H. Circuit Court - Franklin Family Division |
| 2025-0138 | Allan Lewis v. Nbv-Briar Ridge, LLC | 04/02/2025 | Strafford County Superior Court |
| 2025-0140 | United States District Court For The District of New Hampshire Collision Communications, Inc. v. Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy et al. | 04/21/2025 | |
| 2025-0143 | In The Matter of Scott Billodeau and Shannon Billodeau | 04/07/2025 | 8th N.H. Circuit Court - Jaffrey Family Division |
| 2025-0144 | Merrimack County Superior Court922 Associates, LLC v. Barry Neville et al. | 04/29/2025 | |
| 2025-0145 | Laurel Ridge Condominium v. Normand Hebert | 04/10/2025 | Hillsborough County Superior Court North |
| 2025-0146 | Leonard J. Lapadula, III v. New Hampshire Employment Security | 04/14/2025 | Merrimack County Superior Court |
| 2025-0151 | William D'Errico v. New Hampshire State Police Troop B | 04/21/2025 | 9th N.H. Circuit Court - Milford District Division |
| 2025-0152 | In The Matter of Denise Christiansen and Kevin Christiansen | 04/09/2025 | 4th N.H. Circuit Court - Laconia Family Division |
| 2025-0154 | City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Commission/Police Department v. Portsmouth Ranking Officers Association, Nepba, Local | 04/14/2025 | Rockingham County Superior Court |
| 2025-0155 | Sharee Howard v. Town of Swanzey | 04/14/2025 | Hillsborough County Superior Court North |
| 2025-0156 | W.C. v. J.W. | 04/15/2025 | 5th N.H. Circuit Court - Claremont District Division |
| 2025-0157 | State of New Hampshire v. Victor Rivera | 04/16/2025 | Hillsborough County Superior Court South |
| 2025-0158 | D & D Whitcomb, LLC v. Henry Emele | 04/14/2025 | 6th N.H. Circuit Court - Concord District Division |
| 2025-0159 | In re L.B. | 04/16/2025 | 9th N.H. Circuit Court - Manchester Family Division |
| 2025-0160 | State of New Hampshire v. John Strothers | 04/18/2025 | 6th N.H. Circuit Court - Concord District Division |
| 2025-0161 | Jeffrey C. Spear et al. v. Richard J. Waite et al. | 04/15/2025 | Merrimack County Superior Court |
| 2025-0163 | State of New Hampshire v. William Santana | 04/18/2025 | Hillsborough County Superior Court North |
| 2025-0165 | 11 Granite St., LLC et al. v. Vermont Mutual Insurance Company | 04/29/2025 | Hillsborough County Superior Court South |
| 2025-0167 | State of New Hampshire v. Timothy J. Hefferon | 04/24/2025 | Rockingham County Superior Court |
| R-2025-0168 | In The Matter of Tyler Turner and Jennifer Turne | 04/21/2025 | 6th N.H. Circuit Court - Hillsborough Family Division |
| 2025-0172 | Saher Abdel-Hadi v. Zjbv Properties, LLC | 04/18/2025 | Rockingham County Superior Court |
| 2025-0176 | In The Matter of Kayleen Viola and Adam Guyette | 04/30/2025 | 6th N.H. Circuit Court - Hillsborough Family Division |
| 2025-0181 | Elizabeth Rodriguez Perez v. Maria Perez | 04/23/2025 | 9th N.H. Circuit Court - Manchester District Division |
| R-2025-0185 | Leonard Caron v. Town of Andove | 04/24/2025 | Merrimack County Superior Court |
| 2025-0188 | Leonard J. Lapadula, III v. Mary Maloney | 04/28/2025 | Merrimack County Superior Court |
Issues on appeal
The following summaries of the issues on appeal have been prepared by clerk’s office staff for the convenience of the public. The Supreme Court has neither approved nor reviewed any of the summaries. The parties’ filings and the applicable record — not these summaries — define and establish the issues that the Supreme Court will consider in a case. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues in a listed case may have been combined or not summarized. In these summaries, “Rule Type” refers to the particular Supreme Court Rule under which the case has been docketed. “Type” and “Subtype” refer to the case type and case subtype, as determined in accordance with the definitions in the State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting, a publication of the Court Statistics Project (a joint project of the National Center for State Courts and the Conference of State Court Administrators).
2025-0097, In re J.W. – Confidential
Whether the trial court erred by deeming evidence of the respondent's religious beliefs as indicative of mental illness. Whether the trial court erred in finding the evidence sufficient to warrant involuntary admission.
2025-0106, E.O. v. R.T.
Whether the trial court erred by extending the petitioner’s existing domestic violence order of protection against the respondent for five additional years.
2025-0131, McMaster Development, LLC v. Town of Derry
Whether the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff’s failure to timely appeal the denial of its abatement applications for the Town of Derry’s assessment of land use change taxes was dispositive of the plaintiff’s claims that the taxes were assessed beyond the eighteen-month deadline set forth in RSA 79-A:7.
2025-0132, J.R. v. D.B.
Whether the trial court erred in issuing an order of protection against the defendant.
2025-0133, In The Matter of Tara Dickison and Thomas Sileo
Whether the remarriage of the wife, who is no longer responsible for minor children, is a substantial change in circumstances justifying a review of alimony when the obligor husband agreed to permanent alimony with no express condition regarding remarriage.
2025-0134, Robert E. Thomsen, III v. New Hampshire Department of Corrections
Whether the trial court erred when it granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims relating to his time in custody.
2025-0135, Phyllis Kennedy et al. v. Richard Miller D/B/A Seacoast Braces/Miller Orthodontics
Whether the trial court erred by permitting a treating dentist to testify beyond matters reasonably flowing from his treatment of the plaintiff.
2025-0136, P.L. v. M.M.
Whether the trial court erred in determining that the plaintiff failed to prove that the defendant posed a credible threat to her safety.
2025-0137, In The Matter of Thomas Morgan and Molly Morgan
Whether the trial court unsustainably exercised its discretion in fashioning a parenting plan and dividing marital assets.
2025-0138, Allan Lewis v. Nbv - Briar Ridge, LLC
Whether the trial court had jurisdiction to enter a periodic payment plan requiring the plaintiff to make monthly payments to the defendant.
2025-0140, Collision Communications, Inc. v. Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy et al.
1. Is it possible to perform within one year the obligations imposed by a perpetual intellectual property license where that license is granted by a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in New Hampshire to a Finnish corporation?
2. Does the doctrine of part performance apply to oral contracts containing obligations that cannot be performed within one year?
3. To recover under a promissory estoppel theory, must a plaintiff prove that injustice can be avoided only through enforcement of the promise?
2025-0143, In The Matter of Scott Billodeau and Shannon Billodeau
Whether the trial court erred in, among other things, denying enforcement of a post-nuptial agreement, dividing the marital assets, establishing spousal and child support obligations, and fashioning a parenting plan.
2025-0144, 922 Associates, LLC v. Barry Neville et al.
Whether the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff had an easement over the “disputed area” in the adjacent property, when after first ruling that the original easement created no easement right for the plaintiff’s predecessor in title, since the entirety of the easement was on the plaintiff’s predecessor’s land, the court then found that a lot line adjustment that carved off a piece of plaintiff’s predecessor’s land (the “disputed area”) created a new easement right for the plaintiff where none previously existed.
2025-0145, Laurel Ridge Condominium v. Normand Hebert
Whether the trial court erred when it failed to find that the condominium association’s agent’s written statement of February 14, 2023, estops its action predicated on the January 31, 2023 notice issued by that same agent.
2025-0146, Leonard J. Lapadula, III v. New Hampshire Employment Security
Whether the trial court erred by dismissing the plaintiff’s action alleging that the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security was required to pay him Pandemic Unemployment Assistance under several legal theories, including promissory estoppel and breach of contract.
2025-0151, William D'Errico v. New Hampshire State Police Troop B
Whether the trial court erred in denying the plaintiff’s motion for return of firearms .
2025-0152, In The Matter of Denise Christiansen and Kevin Christiansen
Whether the trial court erred in its final divorce decree and division of assets by failing to consider the values of certain marital assets, by awarding the marital home to the petitioner, and by determining that the petitioner did not have the ability to pay alimony to the respondent.
2025-0154, City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Commission/Police Department v. Portsmouth Ranking Officers Association, Nepba, Local 220
Whether the trial court erred by denying the City of Portsmouth’s motion to modify or vacate an arbitration decision through which motion the city argued that the arbitrator committed plain mistake and/or exceeded her powers in awarding a former Portsmouth police officer back pay and benefits beyond August 20, 2015, the date of a probate decision pertaining to the officer’s exercise of undue influence over an elderly woman and her estate plan.
2025-0155, Sharee Howard v. Town of Swanzey
Whether the trial court erred in affirming the Town of Swanzey Zoning Board of Adjustment’s decision that a proposed project consisting of eight (8) structures, totaling 61,200 square feet divided into 40 individual units or bays that are 60' x 30' "in commercial buildings," equipped with a loading area with the individual bays to be rented to various trade entities (plumbers, electricians, roofers, landscapers and the like), is properly characterized as "professional business offices" for purposes of applying the Swanzey Zoning Ordinance.
2025-0156, W.C. v. J.W.
Whether the trial court erred in determining that the plaintiff satisfied the statutory and evidentiary standards required to obtain an order of protection.
2025-0157, State of New Hampshire v. Victor Rivera
Whether the trial court erred in granting the State's motion to search the defendant’s phone and in granting certain motions in limine in favor of the State.
2025-0158, D & D Whitcomb, LLC v. Henry Emele
Whether the trial court erred in finding that the plaintiff was entitled to recover under a theory of unjust enrichment.
2025-0159, In re L.B. – Confidential
Whether the trial court erred in finding that DCYF made reasonable efforts to assist the mother in correcting the conditions that led to the finding or abuse or neglect and in determining that termination of the mother’s parental rights was in the child’s best interests.
2025-0160, State of New Hampshire v. John Strothers
Whether the trial court improperly admitted documents that contained impermissible hearsay statements.
2025-0161, Jeffrey C. Spear et al. v. Richard J. Waite et al.
Whether the trial court erred in refusing to enforce a February 2022 final judgment enjoining the defendants from performing yard maintenance in the plaintiffs' easement.
2025-0163, State of New Hampshire v. William Santana
Whether the trial court erred in failing to set aside the guilty verdicts on two counts of second- degree assault, where, the defendant argues, the evidence was insufficient.
2025-0165, 11 Granite St., LLC et al. v. Vermont Mutual Insurance Company
Whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Whether the trial court erred in finding that the plaintiffs' business owner’s insurance policy for their rental property located in Nashua was not ambiguous.
2025-0167, State of New Hampshire v. Timothy J. Hefferon
Whether the trial court erred in ruling that the police lacked a reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop of the car, thus suppressing the evidence obtained as a result of the stop.
2025-0168, In The Matter of Tyler Turner and Jennifer Turner
Whether the trial court erred in fashioning a parenting plan based on erroneous evidentiary rulings and factual findings.
2025-0172, Saher Abdel-Hadi v. Zjbv Properties, LLC
Whether the trial court's finding that the defendant breached the lease by denying the plaintiff possession of the property was erroneous where, the defendant argues, the plaintiff had full access to and possession of the premises at all relevant times.
2025-0176, In The Matter of Kayleen Viola and Adam Guyette
Whether the trial court unsustainably exercised its discretion and failed to consider relevant evidence in fashioning the parties’ parenting plan.
2025-0181, Elizabeth Rodriguez Perez v. Maria Perez
Whether the trial court erred in finding in favor of the tenant on her petition under RSA chapter 540-A.
2025-0185, Leonard Caron v. Town of Andover
Whether the superior court erred in granting summary judgment to the Town of Andover by finding that the town cannot be deemed to have interfered with the plaintiff’s purchase of the property if the town acted pursuant to RSA chapter 155-B when it razed the purchased building. Whether the superior court erred in finding that there was no genuine dispute of fact that the town's removal of the granite stone foundation and other accessory materials was proper based on the court’s ruling that the purchase and sales agreement did not guarantee such items to the plaintiff.
2025-0188, Leonard J. Lapadula, III v. Mary Maloney
Whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss, which argued that the complaint failed to state a claim and that the defendant, as a state official, was entitled to official immunity.