Legal Opinion
In re Union Leader Corp.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided April 16, 2002No. 2000-621PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBroderick, J.
This is a petition for original jurisdiction brought by the petitioner, Union Leader Corporation, following the denial by the New Hampshire Superior Court of its request for copies of agendas and minutes of all meetings of the superior court judges in 1987. We deny the petition.
After receiving the Union Leader’s written request in September 2000, legal counsel for the superior court denied it, stating:
The meetings to which you refer are not public proceedings, but are internal administrative meetings held for the purpose of discussing the day-to-day business of the functioning of the Superior…
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