Gosliner v. Denver Election Commission

This appeal involves a determination of the applicability of the “Colorado Public Meetings Law” (C.R.S. 1963, 3-19-1) 1 to proceedings by the Denver Election Commission (hereinafter called the Commission).

Appellants Gosliner and Jones were reporters employed by the Rocky Mountain News, which is published by appellant The Denver Publishing Company. They unsuccessfully sought admission to an executive session of the Commission. At that session, the commissioners engaged in preliminary examination into the validity of certain signatures contained on publicly tendered petitions to recall a Denver…