Town of Troy v. The Monadnock Regional School District
Town of Troy v. The Monadnock Regional School District, No. 2014-0349 (N.H. Feb. 6, 2015).
The holding in the court’s own words
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT In Case No. 2014-0349, Town of Troy v. The Monadnock Regional School District, the court on February 6, 2015, issued the following order: Having considered the briefs and record submitted on appeal, we conclude that oral argument is unnecessary in this case. Based upon our review of the trial court’s well-reasoned order, the town’s challenges to it, the relevant law, and the record submitted on appeal, we conclude that the town has not demonstrated reversible error.
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- 101 A.3d 1183 not in our corpus
Opinion text
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
SUPREME COURT
In Case No. 2014-0349, Town of Troy v. The Monadnock
Regional School District, the court on February 6, 2015, issued
the following order:
Having considered the briefs and record submitted on appeal, we conclude
that oral argument is unnecessary in this case. See Sup. Ct. R. 18(1). We affirm.
The petitioner, the Town of Troy (town), appeals an order of the Superior
Court (Kissinger, J.) dismissing its petition for declaratory judgment against the
respondent, the Monadnock Regional School District (school district). The trial
court concluded that the town’s claim that the school district unlawfully
amended the formula by which it apportions operational costs among its member
communities was barred by: (1) the town’s failure to exhaust its administrative
remedies before the New Hampshire Board of Education (board); and (2) the
doctrine of laches. On appeal, the town asserts that it was not afforded adequate
notice of the proceedings before the board in violation of due process, that its
challenge to the funding amendment was not barred by laches because the
school district had not yet established a budget or apportioned operational costs
for future tax years, and that it stated a claim for breach of contract based upon
the school district’s articles of agreement.
As the appealing party, the town has the burden of demonstrating
reversible error. Gallo v. Traina, 166 N.H. ___, ___ 101 A.3d 1183, 1186 (2014).
Based upon our review of the trial court’s well-reasoned order, the town’s
challenges to it, the relevant law, and the record submitted on appeal, we
conclude that the town has not demonstrated reversible error. See id.
Affirmed.
Dalianis, C.J., and Hicks, Conboy, Lynn, and Bassett, JJ., concurred.
Eileen Fox,
Clerk