Colorado Politics: The Colorado Supreme Court may take the rare, potentially unprecedented move of holding oral arguments in secret next week, after the parties to a civil case have asked that members of the public be excluded from viewing the proceedings.

On Feb. 12, the justices are scheduled to hear Jennings v. Trenshaw, a personal injury case out of Custer County. The question on appeal is the extent to which the defendant’s medical records are protected by physician-patient confidentiality.

Last week, both parties took the unusual step of jointly asking the Supreme Court to exclude everyone but the attorneys from the courtroom.

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