UNION LEADER CORP. v. FENNIMAN

No. 91-517.

136 N.H. 624 (1993)

UNION LEADER CORPORATION v. WILLIAM W. FENNIMAN, JR., CHIEF AND DOVER POLICE DEPARTMENT

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

February 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malloy & Sullivan, P.C., of Manchester (Gregory V. Sullivan on the brief and orally), and Law Office of Donald A. Kennedy, of Manchester (Donald A. Kennedy on the brief), for the plaintiff.

George E. Wattendorf and Scott E. Woodman, of Dover (Mr. Wattendorf orally), for the defendants.

H. Bernard Waugh, Jr., of Concord, legal counsel, by brief for New Hampshire Municipal Association, as amicus curiae.

Douglas & Douglas, of Concord (Charles G. Douglas, III on the brief), by brief for New Hampshire Police Association, as amicus curiae.

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Daniel J. Mullen, assistant attorney general, on the brief), by brief for the State, as amicus curiae.

New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, by brief, as amicus curiae.


JOHNSON, J.

This case involves a petition filed by the plaintiff, Union Leader Corporation (Union Leader), under the Right-to-Know Law, RSA chapter 91-A, for access to certain investigatory documents under the control of the defendants, the Dover Police Department (the department) and William W. Fenniman, Jr., the department's chief. The Superior Court (Sullivan, J.) granted the Union Leader's petition, and the defendants appeal. We reverse, holding the documents...

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