FREEDOM COLORADO INFORMATION, INC. v. EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 08SA151.

196 P.3d 892 (2008)

In re FREEDOM COLORADO INFORMATION, INC., a Delaware corporation doing business as The Gazette; and Dennis Huspeni, a Colorado citizen, Plaintiffs v. EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; and Terry Maketa, in his official capacity as the El Paso County Sheriff, an elected official of El Paso County, Colorado, a political subdivision, Defendants and John Does I and II, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., Steven D. Zansberg, Adam M. Platt, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Charles C. Greenlee, El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Attorney for Defendants.

James A. Reed, P.C., James A. Reed, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Attorneys for Intervenors John Does I & II.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Pursuant to C.A.R. 21, we accepted jurisdiction in this original proceeding to consider whether the District Court for El Paso County lacked subject matter jurisdiction or erred as a matter of law by applying the wrong legal standard in ordering the release of the El Paso County Sheriff's internal affairs investigation file ("the file") concerning former deputy sheriff Shawn Moncalieri. The petitioners are two brothers...

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