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Before the court are identical motions filed by the Union Leader and Foster's Daily Democrat to unseal two previously sealed items of evidence: a collection of letters found in the home of the defendant, and a mental health evaluation report.

Before the Court is petitioner's Petition for Injunctive and Other Relief Pursuant to RSA 91-A, New Hampshire's Right-to-Know Law, seeking disclosure of certain documents and information from respondent. The Court held a hearing on this matter on May 27, 2003. Based upon the parties arguments, the evidence presented at hearing and the relevant law, the Court GRANTS petitioner's request.

This suit under the Right-to-Know Law, RSA Chapter (1) 91-A, was commenced by Weare Powerful, a non-profit group composed of citizens of the Town of Weare ("Town"), against the Town, certain present and former members of the board of selectmen, the town administrator and town counsel, by a petition filed in this court on June 6, 1994.

On September 27, 1993, the Court heard Richard Ball's petition for temporary injunctive relief by way of offers of proof. The relevant facts are as follows.

In deciding whether to grant or deny defendants' motion to dismiss, the court is required by law to consider plaintiffs' pleadings of fact and the reasonable inferences to be drawn from those pleadings as true. Nutter v. Frisbie Mem. Hosp., 124 N.H. 791, 793 (1984). Accordingly, the court considers the following to be true.

Plaintiffs Jane Doe I, Jane Doe II and Jane Doe III are female student athletes who presently attend, or who have formerly attended, Concord High School. School photographs pertaining to the plaintiffs as student athleteswere discovered on a school-issued laptop computer assigned to William Haubrich, the former athletic director of Concord High School. The students' photographs are alleged by plaintiffs to have been found in proximity to pornographic photographs women who physically resembled the plaintiffs.

The petitioner, Terry M. Bennett brings this action under RSA chapter 91-A seeking an order requiring the respondent, New Hampshire Board of Medicine ("Board"), to hold certain of its deliberations regarding the petitioner in public sessions, and an order voiding actions taken at prior non-public sessions. The Court held a hearing on the matter on December 12, 2005. Considering the parties' arguments and the relevant law, the Court finds and rules as follows.

The petitioner, the City of Dover ("the City"), brings this petition for declaratory judgment, requesting clarification to this court's order in docket #04-E-173 ('the prior order") in light of a request for information under the State's Right-to-Know Law, RSA Chapter 91-A. The respondent, the New Hampshire Union Leader ("the Union Leader"), seeks the disclosure of detailed information regarding City of Dover employment salaries and benefits. The court held a hearing on this matter on November 20, 2006. After review of the parties' arguments and the applicable law, the court finds and rules as follows.

The plaintiff filed this petition pursuant to RSA chapter 91-A, the Right-to-Know Law, seeking disclosure of billing statements submitted to the Town of Durham by the law firm of Upton, Sanders & Smith. The Town has provided the plaintiff with redacted copies of the billing statements, showing only the dates when services were rendered, the time spent, and the total amount billed. The Town asserts its attorney-client privilege with respect to the remaining information contained in the bills.

On May 10, 1993, the Court held a hearing on the above-captioned action. The plaintiffs are citizens and taxpayers of New Hampshire who reside in Lee, Durham, or Madbury. These towns are in School Administrative Unit #5 (hereinafter "SAU 5"), which is made up of the Oyster River Cooperative School District (hereinafter the District"). The defendant, John Powers, is the superintendent of SAU 5. The defendant Oyster River School Board (hereinafter *the Board") has the authority to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the Oyster River Teachers' Guild of SAU 5. Based upon the evidence presented, the Court finds the following facts.