Kelton v. Hollis Ranch, LLC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “[t]he plain language of” New Hampshire’s consumer- protection statute “indicates that some element of knowledge on the part of the defendant is required”
• explaining that the CPA requires “a degree of knowledge or intent,” and that defendants are not liable for a “good faith mistake”
• “The trial court properly construed the legislature’s use of the words ‘deceptive’ and ‘unfair’ as requiring a degree of knowledge or intent.”
• “[I]t is not a CPA violation to sell bad goods or services; the CPA is implicated only when a seller induces the purchase of such goods through the use of deception.”
• “[I]t is not a CPA violation to sell bad goods or services; the CPA is implicated only when a seller induces the purchase of such goods through the use of deception.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Beer v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2010-04-20· cited 25×
• Bellwether Cmty. Credit Union v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 2018-10-24· cited 20×
• D'Pergo Custom Guitars, Inc. v. Sweetwater Sound, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2024-07-30· cited 8×
• Timothy Terry and Penny Terry v. William O'Brien and Susan Cain O'Brien
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-10-23· cited 5×
• Kyle Guay v. P Sig Sauer, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 2022-09-08· cited 1×
• Carl Alexander Cohen, v. Boston Scientific Corporation, et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 2024-03-26· cited 1×
• Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District v. R.H. White Construction Co., Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 2017-05-08· cited 1×
• D’Pergo Custom Guitars, Inc. v. P Sweetwater Sound, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 2021-06-24· cited 1×
• Jodi Tapply v. Whirlpool Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-08-06
• Gallagher v. Funeral Source One et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 2015-11-04
• Gallagher v. Funeral One Source
  D. New Hampshire· 2016-03-02

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moulton v. Groveton Papers Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-03-07· cited 46×
• Corson v. Brown Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-01-31· cited 38×
• State v. Moran
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2004-10-21· cited 33×
• Bagley v. Controlled Environment Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1986-01-06· cited 31×
• Crabtree Investments, Inc. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  M.D. Louisiana· 1984-01-11· cited 12×
• State v. Boulais
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-11-07· cited 9×
• Brown v. Brown
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1990-07-27· cited 7×
• Millen Industries, Inc. v. Flexo-Accessories Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-07-10· cited 5×
• Crabtree Invst. v. Merrill Lynch
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-06-27· cited 4×