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Special Investigation Unit ofthe Division ofSlate Pob oftbe New HIIIIpIbire Departmcot of Safety; Grafton County Sheritr. Depertmeot, GraftaI CoIIIIty Altomey's omce; New Hampshire Attorney GeDrnJ Kelly A. A)"OIle; New HampshiIe GovemDi 101m. 1. Lynch; Hanover Police Department; Dilector oflbc Division ofStale Police of tile New Hampshire Depanment ofSafety; Commmv!rr of the State Police Troop F in Twin MonntUII; Troop F ofthe New HampshiJe State Police in Twin Mountain; New Hompshin: FISh m.t Game Department Region 2; end Historic: Case Unit in MIjor Crimes oflbc Division ofState Police oftbe New HampshireDeplrtmeot ofSafety ORDER ON THE REQUFST FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNClTON

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Mwray (hereinafter '"!be petitioaerj bas petitiooed this Court for injUDCtive lIDd

olbcr relief under RSA chapter 91-A, IbcRigbl-to-Know law.

The ~seeb an injUDCti~

ordering various New Hampsbin: law enfortemenl agencies and oflic:ial& (bcreiDaftrr "tbe

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~ "Maura"). After a hearing on the ~erits on January IS, 2006, die Co~ fiIids IIIId rules astonows. Factual BKkgrouAd MlUU1l was last seen on tlie evening ofFebnJary 9, 2004. alongside RDIl~ 112 in Havedlll1, New Hampshire. The car ~ was driving had gotten stuclc in a ~w bank. A neigbbor passing through the area reported the acc:idCnt to law enfOlcenlCllt aUthorities, aud a North Haverhill police officer arrived at the scene shortly~. The officer found no sign of~nly an abandoned 1996 black Saturn registefed to the petitioner. Subsequently, law enforcement

aulhorities in New Hampshire began an investigation into Maura's disappearaDce. To Ibis date; MaUTll'S

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log files, and all information and data from FeblU8lY 9,2004 to the present relating to his daughter's case. The requests were made to the Grafton County Attorney's Office, tile Office ~f the Attorney

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: files nol pertaining to Maura's case. but have othetwise .denied the requests, explaining that th~ I . , records fl1l1 within an

t:'{teptionjto,BS~ 91-A ~ by the: 'NewHamp~ Supreme Court for

.'law cn.t'orcelnent investigative files. See Lodge v. Knowlton. 118 N.H. $74 (1978). Asuesult, the petitioQer filed a Bill in Equity

r~ this Court, seekin~ injunctive relief ~ RSA 91'~A:7 and

ilttDl,DCY's fees and costs under ~A 91-A:8. . ,

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lnsappeamncc:. He argues that 6ecause RSA 91-). lIpplies to all state executive brIDch a8encies and

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Court finds thai 8lI exemptioDisI app,licable, thl!n it SbI?W4 :COnci,uet an in CQ1IW~ miew of the , . .records in order to determine whether tbey are, in fact, eXempt from d,iad0Sllle.

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91-A. However, they argue ~ the majority of the recoids requesu:d by the petitioner IRl

investigatory in nature and hay 'been compiled for law'b1tOl'llemeDt PIIlpOlIeS, 3Dd thaef~ arc exempt from disc:!oSUJe. The ~!¥Ienll allege that . e o(the r:ecords at lhia time would .

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Infonnation Act (''FOlAn) for lI\IthOrity. . , . Part ~ aniele S of the N;W ~ Constitution provides that "the public's rigbtto .

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to-Know Law provides that "[eJ~ery' citizen, . , has the right to inspect all ~blic records, , ,~xcept

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"to ensure .•. the greatest possible pUl:ilic access to the actions, discussioDS and records of all public bodies." RSA 91-A:1.

To advance the purposes of the Right-{Q-Kno~ U1w, the Court interptets provisiOllS favoring. disclosure broadly and e.,
d~lUnalls."

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Hampshire HouSing Fin. Auth.. 142.N.H. 540, 5~ (1997). When the Court reviews exemptioDs fiom the Right-to-K.now Law, it must ''bal:mce the public interest in disclQS\ft Qf!be requested information against' the government interest in ~Iosure."

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Because exemptions IUlder the Right-to-Know Law lR similar to those und« FOlA, !be .Court "often look{s] to federol decisions c:onstruihg the FOL.... 1Or guidance." Lamy v; New Hampshin;Pub. Uti!. Comm'n, 15.2 N.H. 106,108 (200s); see also MIllS v. 'Lebanon School BeL 112 N.H. 160, 162-63 (1972) and Hew HampshireHousjniFm. Auth.. 142N.H. atSs4. ~New

Hampshire Supreme CQUltbas held that "the six-prol1g test QfS U.S:C. § SS2(bX'i) ... provides a good standard to effi:ctuate the balance of in1a:ests required by RSA ch. 91-A with reprd to police

investigatay fiIcs." Lodge, 118 N.H. at 5n. FOIA exempts investiptory l'eCOids compiled for

law enforcement purposes, but only to the ~ that the production Qfsuch m:ords would:. (A) interfere witb.et'filrr.emeutproceedinp; (B) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or 111 impartial adjudication;.

(C) constitute II1lUlwmanted invuiOl1 Qf-priVllCy,

(0) disclose the identity oJ a con1ideDtia1 source, and in the CIIe ofa RlCOI'd compiled by a law cn1brc:~t lUltbority intbe course of a criminal inVat;ption, 01' by my agencyoooductini

a lawful .national security investigation, confidential inWanatioo funlisbed only by a confidel1lial SO~; (E) disclose investigative techniques II1d procedures; or

(F) endanger the life or physical safety of law enforcement personnel.

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the file is 1) investigat~ and 2) c,ompiled for law enfQrcementpwposes."

(citations omitted). 'The respooocms contend that exemption (A) applies to the records that the petitioner sec:lcs.1 They argue that the records at issue are im-estigatory records compiled fOr law CllfurcemeDt

, purposes, and pertain to an on-going investigation in which no indictments bave bea1 rdIIn1ed, and. ,

no mesI$ have been made. TIle Iespondents assert that law enfOlCelIlelJt agencies corbiue to ,'irivestigate Mama's disappearance: and !bat a stale police detectivemaoitDIS the case On a daily

basis. At the hearing, the respondents made ano~'ofprooftbat lheCrimiml Justice Bwauoftbe ;

Attorney Geaenil's Office is overseeing !be investiptioo. They mainlajn tbIt reIeue ~f1be rec:onis could result !n destruction of evidence, chilling and intimidation of witnesws, IIId revdlliDn ofthe scope and nature of the irrvestisation. The responllents uric tbii Court to adopt the J.aSOllini of III re State (Bowman Search W!l!'!'i!!!!l!l, 146 N.H. 621 (2001), whe:rein tbeSlipieme Court held that "in most pre-illdictment criminal investigatiollS, the existeace oC an investigation itse1fwill pfovide the

overriding consideration or ~ CilCumstanee, tbat is, a sufficiently compelling inIaat, that wouldjuatify pmenting public accesa to !be m:onls."

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bee_: (1) law enforcement 8Uthorities have chmcltitized Main's cae II • mining perion • mailer ~ DOt II criminlIl

investigation; and (2) ,the iuv~8t'tion doelI1IOt appeIr. to be

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,~petitioner argues that if the investigation bas ~luded, then be sbouId ,be ~ .~ of !bit

, fact, and llII}' records should be tIJ!DecI over to him 30 tbIt be can c:onrime seaadIina IDr iDbmItioa in !he hopes offinding Maura.~e asserts that the most cornpelIiDa

reason IDr diriJatn in this

centers qn the fact tbat Maura could very well be in danFr. and diac;,1oR1re oftbe

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production of the records would clearly inteIfere wilb. enCorcemc:nt proceediJl85. EvCII 'though

I The rapcmdelllS further alIcce that atbcr cxemptiollS cOOlainediD § SS2(bX7) lilly apply to SOIIIt of cbe t.conts'

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with entities providing CQn6dential'infonnation. Balancing the public inteRst in ctiaclosure of the

requested info lTl1ation agalnstth; gomnmCllt interest in.nondisFlosuJe, !he C~ ~

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• evidence proffered conftnns ihat ~'s caae is.lJl on-going, dve crimjJ)l!I.~and . di~losure of the records could inierfcre with law en!cm:emlJll pio<;oMmp.

.•. ... AncordinglY,.tbe petitioner's reql1e1lt forinjlm'ciive rClieflUlder.llSA 9l-I\."1 iR.DENIJID, . The petitioner's request for anomey's fees and costlI is also DENIBP.·.. ~

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Your lettcn ~ ~ in i:onuecdon with In open in~ptiol1 haw beeii forwarded to me. Qur:office win be ~ for coordinatiJIIa responIll 10 aD the kUen you've sent to New Hampshire agenc:iCll and iDdividulla. Pleue DOte tbIt sUa par Ietlal were not directed 10 federal apncies, the I'CSJX,IIIIll 10 your inquiry will be aovcmecl bJ New Hampshire law,' ' . "

First, I I to yoUI' fl:lIuesl for documentation to the New iIampsbire BUI'eIU ofEmcrpDcy CommUllicatiooa. That ~ iadicates that RSA 106-8:14 Cll!C!I!Ipts them 60m the Riabt-ToKnow law. III addition, they do l10t haW 111)' documell1l or JtM)IdI re1edDl to your reqllllll Therefore, there will be no documeII1I or JeCOIds pnMcIed to )'O'll fioal tbiI..,ey., ,.

SecoDd, II to yourrequest.s to New Ha".....". F'lIIb IIId Oarne, Haovcr.Polioo Departmeoi, and the New HampsbirC s.... Police (Co1oael Bootb. CIplaIII ICeIIiy,I Scarinm, Trooper MOIlIhan), we expect it to tab Ilteut ~ cIayI ftom today'. date 10 detenlline !fyour req1ICIItI for documell1l will be llfII1Iad or, •

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Eyes: Blue HeightS']': Weight 120 . . 011 Febrully 9, 2004. Sgt. Ceecil Smith respa.oc'ed to. reported ~vehicle lIlXidcot on Wild A!I!!!IClIIOQ'UC RollI (RouIe i 12) in Woodsville. Upoa arriYIII at Ibe accidalt Il:Iefte.. the Sapaat tOuad • •""'Dlld ,.chide> • 1996 bb:k Solum ~ ~ • Me srJwsetts lqislntion. A sean:h of lhc II'CI by HavabiII Police. State Police, and EM~ otlkials did DOt Jocaee Ibe drMr. . Wjln....s lithe scent reporta:d seeing a lone remaIe wi1b DO ~al injury. Who appea.tecl impaiaed due to aIcoIIoI consumpdon. When asked if she needed help, or Ibe police to respond, she i cpIied, "Do-, Tbe femIIIe left !be scene prior 10 the arrival of CIIlCIJCDCY petSl»lCL .

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MAURAMURRAY.COM P.O. aOX466 HUMAROCK, :MA 02047 Email: [email protected]

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