Union Leader Corp. v. Fenniman

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 exempt from disclosure as “[r]ecords pertaining to internal personnel practices,” under RSA 91-A:5, IV (Supp. 1992).

The documents in question…