The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to rehear the city of Aspen’s appeal of a lower court’s decision that allows public review of voted ballots from the 2009 election. The decision likely ends a years-long legal fight between the city and Aspen resident Marilyn Marks, who sued the municipality and City Clerk Kathryn Koch after Marks’ open records request to review the ballots was denied.
The state high court said in April that it would hear the case after the city appealed a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in Marks’ favor. But June 28 the court announced that it had reversed itself and would not hear the case, affirming the lower court’s decision. The city then asked the justices to reconsider, which they have now declined to do. The decision also upholds the granting of hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees for Marks.
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