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Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al.
September 4, 2024 - Supreme Court case file
Case records
Open case pageDocket: 2024-0121
| Date | Record Text | Type | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2025 | Page 12 of 13Public Docket Card Ewing, Michael Tierney, Steven Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 8, 2025 | Page 13 of 13Public Docket Card | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 29, 2025 | Reporter's Correction to slip opinion form | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 24, 2025 | Mandate Issued | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 24, 2025 | Motion for reconsideration and re-argument denied | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 24, 2025 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | Supreme Court | |
| July 14, 2025 | Objection to State's motion to reconsider (Elizabeth Ewing, Michael Tierney, Steven Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 14, 2025 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| July 11, 2025 | Defendants' motion to reconsider and for re-argument (Anthony Galdieri & Samuel Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 11, 2025 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| July 1, 2025 | Contoocook Valley Sch. Dist. v. State | Opinion | Supreme Court | Pre-Reporter |
| July 1, 2025 | Affirmed in part; reversed in part; and remanded (Bassett, J., with Countway and Donovan, JJ. jointly concurring in Part II(B) but otherwise dissenting; Nadeau and Abramson, JJ., specially assigned, jointly concurring in Parts I, II(A), III, and IV but dissenting from Part II(B)). | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 21, 2025 | Copy of bench trial exhibit list; manually uploaded by clerk's office (Samuel R.V. Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 20, 2025 | Order for defendants to file post-trial exhibit list, if any, by 3/31/25 | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 20, 2025 | Order for defendants to file post-trial exhibit list, if any, by 3/31/25 (re-issued because parties could not access document attached to earlier filing; document manually uploaded) | Public docket entry | - | |
| January 8, 2025 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| January 8, 2025 | Order denying motion to reconsider December 16, 2024 order | Public docket entry | - | |
| January 2, 2025 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| January 2, 2025 | Plaintiffs' response to State's motion to reconsider (Michael J. Tierney, Elizabeth E. Ewing, and Steven A. Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| December 31, 2024 | 2024 Fourth Quarterly Status Report | Supreme Court case status list | - | |
| December 24, 2024 | Defendants' "motion to reconsider December 16, 2024 single justice order" (Anthony J. Galdieri and Samuel R.V. Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| December 24, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| December 16, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | Supreme Court | |
| December 16, 2024 | Order specially assigning retired Superior Court Justices Nadeau and Abramson pursuant to RSA 490:3 | Public docket entry | - | |
| December 10, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District Et Al. v. State of New Hampshire Et Al. | Oral argument text | Contoocook Valley School District & a.; State of New Hampshire & a.; New Hampshire Charitable Foundation; New Hampshire Senate President | |
| December 10, 2024 | Dec 10 2024 | Supreme Court oral argument calendar | - | |
| December 10, 2024 | Full Court Oral Argument | Public docket entry | - | |
| November 22, 2024 | The plaintiffs' assented-to motion for leave to file a surreply brief is granted | Public docket entry | - | |
| November 15, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. v. The State of New Hampshire, Et Al. | Brief | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. | |
| November 15, 2024 | Plaintiffs' assented-to motion for leave to file surreply; with attached surreply brief for the plaintiffs (Elizabeth Ewing, Michael Tierney, Steven Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| November 15, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| November 6, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| November 6, 2024 | Defendants' reply brief filed (Anthony Galdieri and Samuel Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| November 6, 2024 | Oral argument scheduled for December 10, 2024 | Public docket entry | - | |
| November 1, 2024 | Defendants' assented-to motion for extension of time to file reply brief is granted; reply brief due 11/6/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 30, 2024 | Assented-to motion extend reply brief deadline (Samuel Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 24, 2024 | Motion for extension of reply brief granted; motion for leave to file amici curiae granted; electronic record received; parties shall file notice of availability for oral argument | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 24, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| October 23, 2024 | Assented-to motion to extend reply brief deadline (Anthony Galdieri, Samuel Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 8, 2024 | Exhibits filed via electronic transfer from Rockingham County Superior Court no. 213-2019- CV-00069; exhibits accessible via CaseLines | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 3, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. v. State of New Hampshire, Et Al. | Brief | randamicus | |
| October 3, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. v. The State of New Hampshire, Et Al. | Brief | ||
| October 3, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. v. The State of New Hampshire, Et Al. | Brief | acluamicus | |
| October 3, 2024 | American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and National Education Association- New Hampshire's Amicus brief filed (Gilles Bissonnette, Henry Klementowicz, Callan Sullivan, Lauren Snow Chadwick) | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 3, 2024 | American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and National Education Association-New Hampshire's notice of consent to file Amicus Brief (Gilles Bissonnette, Henry Klementowicz, Callan Sullivan, Lauren Snow Chadwick) | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 3, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| October 3, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| October 3, 2024 | Notice of consent to file amicus brief (John Tobin, Jr., Natalie Laflamme) | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 3, 2024 | Plaintiffs' Appendix filed (Michael Tierney, Elizabeth Ewing) | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 3, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| October 3, 2024 | Plaintiffs' Brief filed (Elizabeth Ewing, Michael Tierney, Steven Bolton) 15-minute oral argument requested, to be presented by Attorney Michael Tierney | Public docket entry | - | |
| October 3, 2024 | Steven Rand, Robert Gabrielli, Jessica Wheeler Russell, Adam Russell, James Lewis, and John Lunn's amici brief filed (John Tobin, Jr., Wendy Lecker, Natalie Laflamme, Alice Tsier, Andrew Volinsky, Michael-Anthony Jaoude) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 30, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et. Al. v. State of New Hampshire, Et. Al. | Brief | nhcharitablemicus | |
| September 30, 2024 | 2024 Third Quarterly Status Report | Supreme Court case status list | - | |
| September 30, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| September 30, 2024 | New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's amicus brief filed (Michael Delaney) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 27, 2024 | Order deferring ruling on plaintiffs' motion to strike amici curiae memorandum filed on 9/4/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 27, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| September 23, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District Et Al. v. State of New Hampshire Et Al. | Brief | nhcommissionamicus | |
| September 23, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| September 23, 2024 | Appearance as counsel o/b/o former members of the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding (William Ardinger) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 23, 2024 | Appendix of amicus curiae former members of the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding in support of neither party (William Ardinger) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 23, 2024 | Brief of amicus curiae former members of the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding in support of neither party (William Ardinger) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 23, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| September 23, 2024 | Motion for leave to file brief of amicus curiae by former members of the Commission to Study School Funding pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 30(2) (William Ardinger) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 23, 2024 | Objection of legislative amici curiae to plaintiff school districts' motion to strike (Gregory Sorg) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 23, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| September 23, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| September 23, 2024 | Plaintiff school districts' objection to motion for leave to file brief of appear as amicus curiae by former members of the 2020 Commission to Study School Funding (Elizabeth Ewing, Michael Tierney, Steven Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 23, 2024 | The assented-to motion to transfer electronic trial record is granted | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 16, 2024 | Plaintiff school districts' motion to strike "memorandum of amicus curiae to supplement brief" filed by Attorney Sorg on September 4, 2024 (Elizabeth Ewing, Michael Tierney, Steven Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 16, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| September 10, 2024 | Assented-to motion to transfer electronic trial record (Samuel Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 4, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et. Al. v. The State of New Hampshire, Et. Al. | Brief | nhsenateamicus | |
| September 4, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed Current page | Supreme Court case file | ||
| September 4, 2024 | Memorandum of amicus curiae to supplement brief (Gregory Sorg) | Public docket entry | - | |
| September 3, 2024 | Notice of substitution of legislative amici curiae (Gregory M. Sorg) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 22, 2024 | Corrected Signature Block - Corrected page 47 to include Samuel R.V. Garland (Anthony J. Galdieri and Samuel R.V. Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 22, 2024 | Order granting NH Senate President's motion to appear as amicus curiae | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 19, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District Et Al. v. State of New Hampshire Et Al. | Brief | nhpresidentamicus | |
| August 19, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. v. State of New Hampshire, Et Al. | Brief | ||
| August 19, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| August 19, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| August 19, 2024 | Defendants' brief and appendix filed (Anthony Galdieri, Samuel Garland); requests 15-minute oral argument by Attorney Galdieri | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 19, 2024 | NH Senate President's amicus brief filed (Richard Lehmann) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 19, 2024 | NH Senate President's assented-to motion to file brief as amicus curiae pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 30 (Richard Lehmann) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 15, 2024 | AIER's motion to file amicus brief is granted; brief was filed on 8/14/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 15, 2024 | Appellants' assented-to motion to extend briefing deadline is granted; defendants' brief due 8/19/24; plaintiffs' brief or MOL due 10/3/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 14, 2024 | Plaintiffs/Appellees v. The State of New Hampshire Et Al. | Brief | aieramicus | |
| August 14, 2024 | AMENDED Assented-to motion to extend briefing deadline (Samual Garland, Anthony Galdieri) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 14, 2024 | American Institute for Economic Research amicus brief filed (Jason Sorens) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 14, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court brief | ||
| August 14, 2024 | Assented-to motion to extend briefing deadline (Samual Garland, Anthony Galdieri) | Public docket entry | - | |
| August 14, 2024 | Motion for filing an amicus curiae brief (Jason Sorens) | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 29, 2024 | New brief due dates; defendants' brief due 8/14/24; plaintiffs' brief or MOL due 9/30/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 29, 2024 | Second assented-to notice of automatic extension (Samuel Garland, Anthony Galdieri) | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 15, 2024 | Assented-to notice of automatic extension (Samuel Garland, Anthony Galdieri) | Public docket entry | - | |
| July 15, 2024 | New brief due dates; defendants' brief due 7/30/24; plaintiffs' brief or MOL due 9/13/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| June 30, 2024 | 2024 Second Quarterly Status Report | Supreme Court case status list | - | |
| May 31, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court briefing order | ||
| May 31, 2024 | Plaintiffs' motion to strike is denied without prejudice, Briefing order; defendants' brief due 7/15/24; plaintiffs' brief or MOL due 8/29/24 | Public docket entry | - | |
| May 24, 2024 | Transcripts filed (3 Vol.); 5/3/2023; 5/4/2023; 5/5/2023; over 100 pages; complete | Public docket entry | - | |
| May 24, 2024 | Transcripts filed (6 Vol.); 4/10/2023; 4/11/2023; 4/12/2023; 4/13/2023; 4/14/2023; 4/17/2023; over 100 pages; incomplete | Public docket entry | - | |
| May 24, 2024 | Transcripts filed (6 Vol.); 4/18/2023; 4/19/2023; 4/20/2023; 4/21/2023; 5/1/2023; 5/2/2023; over 100 pages; incomplete | Public docket entry | - | |
| April 18, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| April 18, 2024 | Objection to motion to strike (Samuel Garland, Anthony Galdieri) | Public docket entry | - | |
| April 8, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court notice of appeal | ||
| April 8, 2024 | Plaintiffs' motion to strike certain questions from the State's notice of appeal (Elizabeth E. | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 31, 2024 | 2024 First Quarterly Status Report | Supreme Court case status list | - | |
| March 27, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | Supreme Court | |
| March 27, 2024 | Acceptance order; transcript preparation | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 27, 2024 | Motion to recuse Chief Justice MacDonald is moot | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 27, 2024 | Transcript order transmittal form | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 25, 2024 | Motion to recuse Chief Justice MacDonald (Anthony Galdieri, Samuel Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 21, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court notice of appeal | ||
| March 21, 2024 | Notice of appeal filed (Anthony J. Galdieri) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 13, 2024 | Order deeming Attorneys Buchheit, Warr, Munich, and Hansen non-participants | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 13, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| March 13, 2024 | Order granting defendants' expedited motion to stay trial court's November 20, 2023 merits order and February 20, 2024 post-trial motions order | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 11, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| March 11, 2024 | Objection to Senator Bradley's motion to file memorandum as amicus curiae (Elizabeth Ewing, Michael Tierney, and Steven Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 7, 2024 | Appearance as counsel for New Hampshire Senate President, Jeb Bradley (Richard Lehmann) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 7, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| March 7, 2024 | New Hampshire Senate President's amicus memorandum in support of motion to stay (Richard Lehmann) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 7, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| March 7, 2024 | New Hampshire Senate President's motion for leave to file amicus memorandum in support of motion to stay (Richard Lehmann) | Public docket entry | - | |
| March 6, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court motion | ||
| March 6, 2024 | School districts' objection to defendants' motion to stay (Michael J. Tierney, Elizabeth E. Ewing, and Steven A. Bolton) | Public docket entry | - | |
| February 29, 2024 | Attorneys Buchheit, Hansen, Munich, and Warr must file pro hac vice applications to participate | Public docket entry | - | |
| February 29, 2024 | Notice of docketing and mandatory e-filing | Public docket entry | - | |
| February 29, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| February 29, 2024 | Order setting due date of March 7, 2024, at or before 3:00 p.m., for plaintiffs' response to defendants' expedited motion to stay trial court's November 20, 2023 merits order and February 20, 2024 post-trial motions order | Public docket entry | - | |
| February 28, 2024 | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court order | ||
| February 28, 2024 | Expedited motion to stay trial court's November 20, 2023 merits order and February 20, 2024 post-trial motions order (Anthony J. Galdieri and Samuel R.V. Garland) | Public docket entry | - | |
| Undated | Contoocook Valley School District, Et Al. v. State of New Hampshire, Et Al. | Brief | ||
| Undated | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court public docket card | ||
| Undated | Contoocook Valley School District et al. v. State of New Hampshire et al. Closed | Supreme Court case file |