Legal Opinion
Ritter v. Jones
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 2, 2009No. 08CA0506PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge TAUBMAN.
Respondent, Brad Jones, appeals the order of the district court holding that the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), §§ 24-72-100.1 to -502, C.R.S8.2008, does not require Governor Bill Ritter to allow him to inspect information redacted from a memorandum sent to the Governor's legal counsel. We conclude that the redacted content was confidential "work product" exempted from public disclosure under CORA, and therefore affirm the district court's order.
The memorandum in question concerned draft legislation considered by intervenor, former Colorado State Representative…
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