City of Colorado Springs v. White

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the governmental deliberative process privilege exists in Colorado. We hold that such a privilege does exist. We hold further that materials falling within the ambit of the deliberative process privilege are not subject to disclosure in the context of a request for public records under the Colorado open records laws, §§ 24-72-201 to -309, 7 C.R.S. (1998) (the “open records laws”). Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals in White v. City of Colorado Springs, 950 P.2d 637 (Colo.App.1997).

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Pursuant to the open records…