HILL v. CITY OF LAKEWOOD

No. 94CA0856.

911 P.2d 670 (1995)

Leila Jeanne HILL, Audrey Himmelmann, and Everitt W. Simpson, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF LAKEWOOD, Colorado; Gale A. Norton, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Colorado; and the State of Colorado, Roy Romer, Governor, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1995.

Certiorari Denied February 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The American Center for Law & Justice, Jay Alan Sekulow, James Matthew Henderson, Sr., Washington, DC; Roger W. Westlund, Thornton, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gorsuch Kirgis L.L.C., Roger W. Noonan, Maureen Herr Juran, Denver, for defendant-appellee City of Lakewood, Colorado.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Carol D. Angel, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Kathie A. Greenwalt Troudt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees Gale A. Norton and State of Colo., Roy Romer, Governor.

Fairfield and Woods, P.C., Howard Holme, Denver; Legal Action for Reproductive Action, Celeste Lacy Davis, Roger K. Evans, New York City, for amicus curiae Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.

Joseph N. de Raismes, III, City Atty., Boulder, for amicus curiae City of Boulder.


Opinion by Judge RULAND.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether § 18-9-122(3), C.R.S. (1994 Cum.Supp.) violates the right of free speech contained in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs, Leila Jeanne Hill, Audrey Himmelmann, and Everitt W. Simpson, Jr., appeal from a summary judgment determining that the statute does not violate the First Amendment. We affirm.

Section 18-9-122, C.R.S. (1994 Cum. Supp.), enacted in...

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