DENVER POST CORP. v. RITTER

No. 08CA2659.

230 P.3d 1238 (2009)

DENVER POST CORP., a Colorado corporation, d/b/a The Denver Post; and Karen Crummy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill RITTER, Governor of the State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. A.

December 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., Thomas B. Kelley, Steven D. Zansberg, Christopher P. Beall, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Maurice G. Knaizer, Deputy Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee.


Opinion by Chief Judge DAVIDSON.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the personal cell phone billing statements of defendant, Governor Bill Ritter, constitute public records subject to disclosure under the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), sections 24-72-201 to -206, C.R.S. 2009. We affirm the judgment dismissing the action to access the bills pursuant to CORA.

The following facts have been stipulated to or are not disputed: Ritter has both an official...

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