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Reaman v. Brookhart

Supreme Court of Colorado
Jul 22, 2024
No. 23SC823 (Colo. Jul. 22, 2024)

Opinion

23SC823

07-22-2024

Mark Reaman, in his capacity as editor of the Crested Butte News, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent v. Andrew Brookhart, in his official capacity as the executive director and custodian of records of the Gunnison County Library District. Respondent/Cross-Petitioner


Court of Appeals Case No. 22CA1119

Petition and Cross-Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED.

CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT would grant as to the following issues:

Whether the Colorado court of appeals erred as a matter of law when it concluded that individuals who submitted Request for Reconsideration Forms to a library meet the definition of a "user" of a library "service" as defined in section 24-72-204(3)(a)(VII), C.R.S. (2023), and section 24-90-119, C.R.S (2023).

Whether the Colorado court of appeals erred as a matter of law in holding that identifying information of a person who submits a Request for Reconsideration Form to a library must be redacted from the form if it is produced under section 24-72-204(3)(a)(VII), C.R.S. (2023), because the member of the public qualifies as a library "user," as such term is employed in that statute and section 24-90-119, C.R.S. (2023).

Whether the court of appeals erred as a matter of law in applying the rules of statutory construction by ignoring the plain meaning of and legislative intent for section 24-72-204(3)(a)(VII), C.R.S. (2023), and section 24-90-119, C.R.S. (2023), and instead construed these statutes in a manner that engrafts an overly broad, impracticable, and absurd construction that the Colorado General Assembly could not have intended.


Summaries of

Reaman v. Brookhart

Supreme Court of Colorado
Jul 22, 2024
No. 23SC823 (Colo. Jul. 22, 2024)
Case details for

Reaman v. Brookhart

Case Details

Full title:Mark Reaman, in his capacity as editor of the Crested Butte News…

Court:Supreme Court of Colorado

Date published: Jul 22, 2024

Citations

No. 23SC823 (Colo. Jul. 22, 2024)