ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 31
Under authority conferred by the New Hampshire Supreme Court, the following Administrative Order is issued.
Rule 62 of the Superior Court Rules provides that:
The Clerk shall schedule a Structuring Conference for each case entered on the civil and equity dockets unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Inasmuch as the following categories of equity cases are returnable for hearing on the merits, all such cases filed after November 1, 1998 shall be excluded from the requirement of a Structuring Conference under Rule 62:
Zoning/Planning Appeals
Petitions for Declaratory Judgment*
Wage Claim Appeals
Petitions for Removal of Officials (RSA 32:12)
Petitions for Enforcement of Arbitration Clause
DMV Appeals
Petitions for Declaration of Taking and Deposit of Damages (RSA 498-A:9-b)
Petitions appealing a decision of the Department of Revenue
Administration*
Petitions for Discovery
Petitions appealing a decision of the NH Commission for
Human Rights*
Petitions for Reassessment of Damages (RSA 498-A:27)*
Petitions for Writ of Mandamus
Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus
Petitions to Enjoin Foreclosure Sale
Petitions to Quiet Title*
Petitions for Writ of Replevin
Petitions Pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law
Petitions for Special Meeting
* Regardless of exemption from the Rule 62 Preliminary Structuring Conference requirement, the clerk should schedule early status conferences in Petitions for Declaratory Judgment, Petitions appealing decisions of the Department of Revenue Administration, Petitions appealing decisions of the NH Commission for Human Rights, Petitions for Reassessment of Damages and Petitions to Quiet Title, inasmuch as these classes of cases may involve unusual issues or require some level of management by the court.
Date Joseph P. Nadeau
Chief Justice