Free Speech Defense Committee v. Thomas

Opinion by

Judge MARQUEZ.

Plaintiffs, Free Speech Defense Committee, Ben Sei'ibner, and Taryn Browne, appeal a judgment denying their request for injunc-tive relief and declaring that defendants, David J. Thomas and Citizens Advisory Board for the Office of the District Attorney, First Judicial District, did not violate the Colorado Open Meetings Law, § 24-6-402, C.R.S.2002. We affirm.

The basic facts are undisputed. Thomas, the district attorney for the First Judicial District, established the advisory board in 1993. The board has about twenty to twenty-five members from Jefferson and Gilpin…