Denver Publishing Co. v. University of Colorado

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• holding that a university could not restrict public access to a settlement agreement merely by placing it in a personnel file
• applying section 19-1-115, instead of section 14-7-102, when imposing costs for placing a disabled child in a residential treatment facility
• records in personnel files which did not implicate a privacy right or which contained information routinely disclosed to others not covered by exemption
• agreements that information concerning settlement process would remain confidential are not sufficient to transform a public record into a private one
• public’s right to know how public funds are expended outweighed potential “chill” in future ability to resolve internal disputes through confidentiality agreements
• narrowly construing CORA by finding it unreasonable for public institution to restrict access to information by merely placing documents in personnel file; a legitimate expectation of privacy must be present

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