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· 1/29/2010

Professional Firefighters v. Local Government Center, Inc.

Citations

  • 992 A.2d 582
  • 159 N.H. 699

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that tax-exempt LLC and tax-exempt corporation owned by a governmental entity subject to RSA chapter 91-A were public bodies subject to the Right-to-Know Law under our “government function” test
  • explaining the balancing test used to determine whether disclosure of public records constitutes an invasion of privacy under RSA 91-A:5, IV
  • setting forth a three-step analysis to determine whether disclosure will result in an invasion of privacy
  • setting forth the three-step analysis required to determine whether disclosure will result in an invasion of privacy
  • “[K]nowing how a public body is spending taxpayer money in conducting public business is essential to the transparency of government, the very purpose underlying the Right-to-Know Law.”
  • narrowly interpreting the exemption for “confidential, commercial, or financial information” the disclosure of which would constitute an invasion of privacy

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Judges: Broderick, Dalianis, Duggan, Hicks, Conboy

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