UNION LEADER CORP. v. N.H. HOUSING FIN. AUTH.

Nos. 95-802, 96-008.

142 N.H. 540 (1997)

UNION LEADER CORPORATION & a. v. NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malloy & Sullivan, of Manchester (Gregory V. Sullivan on the brief and orally), for plaintiff Union Leader Corporation.

Hill & Barlow, P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts (Joseph D. Steinfield and Robert A. Bertsche on the brief, and Mr. Steinfield orally), and Backus, Meyer, Solomon & Rood, of Manchester (Jon Meyer on the brief), for plaintiff Monitor Publishing Co.

Stein, Volinsky & Callaghan, of Concord (Peter G. Callaghan and Diane Perin Hock on the brief, and Mr. Callaghan orally), for intervenors Northeast Community Development Group and Stephen M. Duprey.

Bell & Falk, PA., of Keene (Arnold R. Falk on the brief), and Jane E. Kirtley of Arlington, Virginia, by brief, for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, as amicus curiae.

Defendant New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority filed no brief.


JOHNSON, J.

This consolidated appeal arises from petitions filed by the Union Leader Corporation (Union Leader) and Monitor Publishing Company (Monitor) (collectively the petitioners) seeking to gain access to documents under New Hampshire's Right-to-Know Law, RSA ch. 91-A (1990 & Supp. 1996), pertaining to housing developments financed by the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (authority). The intervenors, Northeast Community Development

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