BLESCH v. DENVER PUB. CO.

No. 01CA0728.

62 P.3d 1060 (2002)

Carl A. BLESCH, as coroner of Jefferson County, Colorado; Dave Thomas, as District Attorney for the First Judicial District; Thomas Klebold; and Susan Klebold, Petitioners-Appellees, v. DENVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a Rocky Mountain News, Intervenor and Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

November 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Tuthill, III, County Attorney, Patricia W. Gilbert, Assistant County Attorney, Golden, Colorado, for Petitioners-Appellees Carl A. Blesch and Dave Thomas.

Isaacson, Rosenbaum, Woods & Levy, P.C., Gary Lozow, Denver, Colorado; Patterson, Nuss & Seymour, P.C., Gregg E. Kay, Franklin D. Patterson, Brian C. Proffitt, Englewood, Colorado, for Petitioners-Appellees Thomas Klebold and Susan Klebold.

Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Marc D. Flink, D. Rico Munn, Denver, Colorado, for Intervenor and Respondent-Appellant.

Elizabeth H. McCann, Assistant Attorney General, Juliana Zolynas, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Alan J. Gilbert, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Columbine Records Review Task Force.


Opinion by Judge TAUBMAN.

Appellant, Denver Publishing Company, d/b/a Rocky Mountain News (News), appeals the trial court's orders refusing to release the bulk of the autopsy report of Dylan Klebold under the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

In Bodelson v. Denver Publishing Co., 5 P.3d 373 (Colo.App.2000), a division of this...

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