BODELSON v. DENVER PUB. CO.

Nos. 99CA1312, 99CA1314.

5 P.3d 373 (2000)

Nancy BODELSON, Coroner of Jefferson County; Dave Thomas, District Attorney of the First Judicial District; Bradley Bernall and Misty Bernall, as parents and next friends of Cassie Rene Bernall; Joseph Raymond Kechter and Ann Marie Kechter, as parents and next friends of Matthew Joseph Kechter; Donald Francis Fleming and Diedra Ann Fleming, as parents and next friends of Kelly Ann Fleming; Robert George Curnow and Susan Marie Curnow, as parents and next friends of Steven Robert Curnow; John Michael Tomlin and Doreen Agnes Tomlin, as parents and next friends of John Robert Tomlin; Larry G. Nimmo, Elizabeth Ruth Nimmo, and Darrell David Scott, as parents and next friends of Rachel Joy Scott; Thomas Richard Mauser and Linda Lou Mauser, as parents and next friends of Daniel Conner Mauser; Richard Peter Petrone, Susan Annette Petrone, and Brian Eric Rohrbough, as parents and next friends of Daniel Lee Rohrbough; Neal Roger DePooter and Patricia Jo DePooter, as parents and next friends of Corey Tyler DePooter; Richard L. Townsend, Susan E. Townsend, Dawn L. Anna, and Bruce C. Beck, as parents and next friends of Lauren Dawn Townsend; Albert Bob Velasquez and Phyllis Elaine Velasquez, as parents and next friends of Kyle Albert Velasquez; and Linda Lou Sanders, as wife and next friend of William David Sanders, Plaintiffs and Cross-Appellees, and Thomas Klebold and Susan Klebold, Intervenors-Appellants, v. DENVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a Rocky Mountain News, Intervenor-Appellee, and Denver Post Corporation, d/b/a The Denver Post, Intervenor-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Hutfless, County Attorney, William A. Tuthill, III, Assistant County Attorney, Timothy P. Cox, Assistant County Attorney, Golden, Colorado, for Plaintiffs and Cross-Appellees Nancy Bodelson, Coroner of Jefferson County, and Dave Thomas, District Attorney of the First Judicial District.

Norton-Lidstone, P.C., Michael J. Norton, Kristen C. Habinak, Englewood, Colorado; Stiner & Beck, Kathryn M. Beck, Golden, Colorado, for Parent Plaintiffs and Cross-Appellees.

Patterson, Nuss & Seymour, P.C., Franklin D. Patterson, Gregg E. Kay, Paige E. Taylor, Englewood, Colorado, for Intervenors-Appellants.

Baker & Hostetler LLP, Marc D. Flink, Demetri E. Munn, Denver, Colorado, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Faegre & Benson LLP, Thomas B. Kelley, Steven D. Zansberg, Christopher P. Beall, Denver, Colorado, for Intervenor-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge MARQUEZ.

In these consolidated appeals under the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), § 24-72-201, et seq., C.R.S.1999, intervenor, the Denver Post Corporation, d/b/a The Denver Post (the Post), appeals the trial court's judgment restricting public inspection and disclosure of the autopsy reports resulting from the incident at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. That judgment was in favor of plaintiffs...

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