GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A court has rejected a third attempt by a Texas energy firm to punish an environmental activist for exercising his free speech rights.
The Daily Sentinel reports that a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals denied a petition by SGI Interests to have the full court consider the complaint against Paonia resident Pete Kolbenschlag.
SGI sued Kolbenschlag for libel in 2017 after he posted comments about its activities on public lands on the website of the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.
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