SIRRELL v. STATE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Flygare, Schwarz & Closson, P.L.L.C., of Exeter (Thomas M. Closson and Daniel P. Schwarz on the brief and orally), for the plaintiffs.

Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Stephen J. Judge, associate attorney general, & a. on the brief, and Mr. Judge orally), Daschbach, Cooper, Hotchkiss & Csatari, of Lebanon (Deborah J. Cooper on the brief), and Dewhurst & Greene, P.L.L.C., of Bedford (Arthur G. Greene on the brief and orally), for the State.

Hale and Dorr L.L.P., of Boston, Massachusetts (Stephen A. Jonas & a. on the brief), for the Governor, as amicus curiae.

Betsy B. Miller and Richard J. Lehmann, of Concord, for the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the President of the New Hampshire Senate, as amicus curiae.