State Supreme Court rejects Post’s bid for Ritter phone records
Written by administrator on June 20th, 2011
State Supreme Court rejects Post’s bid for Ritter phone records
News from Denver Post:
The Colorado Supreme Court today rejected The Denver Post’s attempt to obtain cellphone records from former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter that would show the vast majority of official calls Ritter made while in office.
The court concluded that the cellphone records are not public documents because they detail calls Ritter made on his private cellphone, which he paid for out of his own pocket. Because the cellphone company actually compiled the bills and because Ritter said he kept the bills only for payment purposes, the court ruled the records fall outside of Colorado open-records law.
“Whether or not disclosure of the Governor’s personal cell phone bills might be desirable as a matter of public policy,” the court wrote in its ruling, “the complaint simply fails to state a claims that is cognizable under the current governing statutes.”
The ruling likely brings an end to a years-long legal fight over the former governor’s phone records.
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