STATE COURT ADM'R v. BACKGROUND INFO. SERVS.

No. 99SC381.

994 P.2d 420 (1999)

OFFICE OF THE STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Colorado Judicial Department; and Steven V. Berson, State Court Administrator, Petitioners, v. BACKGROUND INFORMATION SERVICES, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. McClachlan, Solicitor General, Maurice G. Knaizer, Deputy Attorney General, State Services Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioners.

Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey, P.C., F. Stephen Collins, Joel W. Cantrick, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case concerns a request for release of computer-generated bulk data containing very particularized information about individuals who are parties to criminal or civil cases in the State of Colorado. We conclude that the General Assembly has not evidenced its intent that this data should be unqualifiedly available to the public in bulk form, and absent such intent, the administrative policies of the supreme court...

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