GLEASON v. JUDICIAL WATCH, INC.

No. 11CA0930.

292 P.3d 1044 (2012)

2012 COA 76

John GLEASON, in his official capacity as Supreme Court Regulation Counsel, Petitioner-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Respondent-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. VI.

April 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Maurice Knaizer , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellant and Cross-Appellee and Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Rouse Law Office, P.C., James P. Rouse , Denver, Colorado; Michael Bekesha , Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge BERNARD.

¶ 1 This appeal involves the friction that is produced when two important interests conflict. On the one hand, the public has an important interest in the openness of its government, in part to find out what the government is doing. On the other hand, there are important reasons for maintaining the confidentiality of certain categories of information found in government records.

¶ 2 Here, the important interest in governmental...

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