KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN, LLP v. BKP, INC.

Supreme Court Case No. 21SC930.

535 P.3d 91 (2023)

2023 CO 47

KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN, LLP; Mari Newman; and Towards Justice, Petitioners, v. BKP, INC.; Ella Bliss Beauty Bar LLC; Ella Bliss Beauty Bar-2, LLC; and Ella Bliss Beauty Bar-3, LLC, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

September 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioners Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLC and Mari Newman: Treece Alfrey Musat P.C., Reza D. Rismani , Denver, Colorado, Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, Thomas Kelley , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Petitioner Towards Justice: Law Offices of Brian D. Gonzales, PLLC, Brian D. Gonzales , Fort Collins, Colorado, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Brian M. Feldman , Rochester, New York.

Attorneys for Respondents: Sherman & Howard LLC, Brooke A. Colaizzi , Raymond M. Deeny , Heather Fox Vickles , John T. Melcon , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Defense Lawyers Association: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, John M. Palmeri , John R. Mann , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, Gannett Co., Inc., and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado: Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC, Matthew A. Simonsen , Daniel D. Williams , Boulder, Colorado, Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC, Edward T. Ramey , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Association: Martinez Law Colorado, LLC, Anna N. Martinez , Denver, Colorado, Martinez Law, LLC, Esteban A. Martinez , Longmont, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Impact Fund, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, Disability Law Colorado, Legal Aid at Work, Public Counsel, and Public Justice: Fox & Robertson, PC, Amy F. Robertson , Denver, Colorado.

JUSTICE GABRIEL delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE HART, JUSTICE SAMOUR, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


¶1 In this case, we granted certiorari to consider whether the common law litigation privilege for party-generated publicity in pending class action litigation excludes situations in which the identities of class members are ascertainable through discovery.

¶2 We now conclude...

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