Legal Opinion
Wisdom Works Counseling Services, P.C. v. Colorado Department of Corrections
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 2015No. Court of Appeals 14CA0341PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE WEBB
1 Colorado's Open Meetings Law (OML), sections 24-6401 to -402, C.R.S. 2014, prohibits public business from being conducted "in secret." But suppose a public body opposes a claim under the OML by asserting that its regulations or long-standing practices allow certain official action to be taken without a meeting? Does the OML require such a public body to meet, merely provide a remedy to invalidate formal action that the public body has taken without meeting, or neither? These are novel questions.
12 We conclude that while the OML does not require public bodies to meet, the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- May Department Stores Co. v. State Ex Rel. WoodardSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
- Bagby v. School District No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
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