Colorado Supreme Court upholds ‘cure’ doctrine for open meetings law, awards attorney fees to plaintiff in Woodland Park school board case - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

Colorado Supreme Court upholds ‘cure’ doctrine for open meetings law, awards attorney fees to plaintiff in Woodland Park school board case - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a judicially created doctrine that lets public bodies “cure” violations of the Colorado Open Meetings Law at subsequent meetings that do not merely rubber-stamp earlier decisions. But it also ruled that a plaintiff is entitled to recover costs and reasonable attorney fees if a COML violation is proven in court. The case concerned the Woodland Park schoo…