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Legal Department Docket, 2002-Present

Case Name: City of Colorado Springs v. Colorado Springs Independent Newspaper Group, Inc.
Case Number: 02-CV-3613, District Court, El Paso County
ACLU Case Number: 2002-15

Description: The City of Colorado Springs filed suit against a weekly independent newspaper, the Colorado Springs Independent, seeking a court order to prevent publication of information that the newspaper's reporters obtained from a City office. A few hours after the ACLU announced that it would defend the newspaper in court, the City dismissed its lawsuit.

Issues: Freedom of the press

ACLU of Colorado Attorneys: Steve Zansberg, Mark Silverstein

Links to Selected Documents:

ACLU News Release, November 7, 2002, "ACLU Challenges City Government's Bid for Gag Order Against Colorado Springs Newspaper"

ACLU News Release, November 8, 2002, "After ACLU Enters Case, Colorado Springs Drops Effort to Obtain Gag Order Against Weekly Newspaper"

ACLU Brief, filed November 8, 2002

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