GUMINA v. CITY OF STERLING

No. 03CA1709.

119 P.3d 527 (2004)

Pamela R. GUMINA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF STERLING, Colorado; City Council of Sterling, Colorado; James Thomas, individually and in his capacity as City Manager; J. Michael Steger, individually and in his official capacity as City Council Member and employee of the City of Sterling, Colorado, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division IV.

Certiorari Denied August 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dietze and Davis, P.C., Kathleen E. Haddock, Carmen S. Danielson, Jill A. Zender, Boulder, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Light, Harrington & Dawes, P.C., Steven J. Dawes, Kathleen K. Harrington, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees City of Sterling Colorado, City Council of Sterling, Colorado, James Thomas, and J. Michael Steger.

Faegre & Benson, L.L.P, Thomas B. Kelley, Steven D. Zansberg, Christopher P. Beall, Denver, Colorado, Colorado Free Press Association and Colorado Freedom of Information Council, Amicus Curae.

Geoffrey T. Wilson, Denver, Colorado, Colorado Municipal League, Amicus Curae.


Opinion by Judge GRAHAM.

Plaintiff, Pamela R. Gumina, appeals the trial court order denying her application for an order to show cause regarding inspection of records under the Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972 and the Public Open Records Law. We reverse and remand.

When Gumina's employment as Assistant City Manager for the City of Sterling was terminated, she served a records request on the City's custodian of records to obtain the minutes from two City Council...

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