Legal Opinion
DENVER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. Dreyfus
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 18, 1974No. 25998PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley
This is an appeal by the Manager of the Department of Health and Hospitals of the City and County of Denver from a judgment of the district court holding that autopsy reports are public records subject to inspection under the Colorado Open Records Act. 1969 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 113-2-1, et seq. The Manager, who is ex-officio county coroner under Denver’s Charter, refused to permit reporters of the Rocky Mountain News, a daily newspaper, to inspect 14 designated autopsy reports. The Denver Publishing Company, doing business as the Rocky Mountain News, brought this action to compel the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Losavio v. MayberSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- Eugene Cervi & Co. v. RussellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
3Cited by40 opinions
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