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Daniel Richard v. Kelly Ayotte, Governor of New Hampshire, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Hampshire, No. 2025-0297 · judgment January 13, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Question 1 - Meaningful Judicial Review: Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court denied meaningful judicial review under the Elections Clause and Qualifications Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, in violation of Moore v. Harper, 600 U.S. 1 (2023), by declaring N.H. Const, pt. II, art. 32 “silent” on the method of ballot counting expressly required by that provision and by disregarding its own binding precedent in Fischer v. Governor, 145 N.H. 28 (2000). Question 2 - Vote Dilution: Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as interpreted in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), and Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), is violated when a state court
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Richard
For respondent
Michael J. Tierney
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 29 2026Reply of petitioner Daniel Richard filed. (Distributed)
- Jul 14 2026Brief of respondents Town of Auburn, et al. in opposition filed.
- Apr 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2026)