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Bar News - October 3, 2003 Supreme Court's 'On the Road' Program Set for Plymouth SEVENTEEN SCHOOLS WILL be sending students to the Silver Cultural Arts Center on the campus of Plymouth State University on Oct. 30 as the NH Supreme Court's "On the Road" program enters its third year. The court will hold a special session of oral arguments involving actual cases before an audience of several hundred students from 16 central New Hampshire high schools as well as invited Plymouth State students. Members of the NH Bar, lower-court judges and lawyers, will be meeting with the classes scheduled to attend in the weeks before the oral argument session to orient the students to the appellate process and to discuss the specific cases to be heard. As with all oral argument sessions, there will be seating for the general public. The lawyers in the cases have agreed to have their cases heard by the court at the special public session and will participate in a question-and-answer session with students following the presentation of their cases. In past "on the road" events, the justices, after a brief closed-door conference on the cases, also participated in a discussion with the students about the work of the court-avoiding discussion of any specific cases. The cases to be heard at this session include: State of NH vs. Joseph Turmel with F. Michael Keefe representing the defendant, and Stephen Fuller of the Attorney General's office, representing the state, involves a challenge to a state trooper's decision to stop and question the defendant and to conduct a search of his car without a warrant. The second case, involving constitutional issues, pits the Hippo Press, a Manchester-area entertainment newspaper, against The Union Leader and the City of Manchester. The Hippo Press has alleged that its freedom of speech has been violated by an agreement between the city, as operator of the Verizon Wireless Arena, and the Union Leader, that gives the Union Leader the exclusive right to sell newspapers inside the facility. Representing the appellant will be Brenda Keith, while Daniel Will and Alexander Walker will be representing the City and the SMG Partnership. Gregory V. Sullivan will be representing the Union Leader. Attorney Edward T. Clancy has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the NH Civil Liberties Union. In addition to Plymouth State University, the schools sending classes to the court session are: Alton High School; Bishop Brady; Franklin High School; Gilford High School; Inter-Lakes High School; Kingswood Regional High School; Laconia Christian School; Laconia High School; LinWood High School; Moultonborough Academy; New Hampton School; Newfound Regional High School; Pembroke Academy; Pittsfield High School; Plymouth Regional High School; and Sant Bani School.
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