Word: kenison
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking for a unanimous court, New Hampshire's Chief Justice Frank R. Kenison has now added his state to the pro-privacy roster by upholding the Hambergers' right to "recover damages to the extent that they can prove them" in a fact-finding trial. But to set that precedent, Justice Kenison had to tackle a tough question: What does the right to privacy include...
Beyond Decency. After 300-odd cases, said Kenison, U.S. law identifies four kinds of privacy torts, or wrongs...
...latter three torts often conflict with the constitutional rights of free speech and press, but in the Hambergers' case, the applicable tort of intrusion requires only "the invasion of something secret, secluded or private pertaining to the plaintiff." As for bugged bedrooms, ruled Kenison, "this is the type of intrusion that would be offensive to any person of ordinary sensibilities...