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Stacey White, et vir v. Joseph Foster, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Hampshire, No. 2017-0358 · judgment March 8, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution gives victims of crimes committed by veterinarians standing to seek the same protections, services, remedies, privileges and rights afforded to victims of crimes committed by nonveterinarians. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution gives individuals who are mandated by animal cruelty and rabies control statutes to pay monies to veterinarians under penalty of arrest and prosecution for non-compliance standing to challenge the Executive's non-enforcement policies exempting veterinarians from the criminal code. Whether agency and executive discretion in adopting non-enforcement policies is constrained by the United States Constitution.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stacey White

For respondent
Peter R. Chiesa

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Aug 09 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Peter Bartlett, Hooksett Police Chief to respond filed.
  4. Aug 07 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Nick Willard to respond filed.
  5. Aug 02 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Joseph Foster, et al. to respond filed.
  6. Jul 10 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 22, 2018)