Colorado has failed in its bid to have a federal judge exclude Masterpiece Cakeshop baker Jack Phillips from using a state law to access public records in his lawsuit against the state.
Courthouse News Service reported state Assistant Attorney General LeAnn Morrill complained Tuesday that the Colorado Open Records Act requests filed by Phillips “burdened” the state. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak denied the state’s motion.
Phillips sued after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in June he was unfairly targeted for declining to make a same-sex wedding cake, charging Colorado continues to persecute him for his religious beliefs.
Varholak noted the “argument made by the state is that letting the plaintiffs use CORA will lead to a run-around.”
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