The Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion today ruling in favor of bicyclists who had challenged the City of Black Hawk's ban on bicycles. The plaintiffs had been ticketed for riding their bikes on Gregory Street, the only street providing access through town from the state highway to Central City. The court held that Black Hawk’s ordinance banning bicycles on city streets is in conflict with a state statute which requires any municipal bike prohibition to have an available alternate path within 450 feet.
Black Hawk's ban had drawn enormous negative attention locally, as well as nationally; in one footnote the Court cited articles on the ban in the Los Angeles Times and Bicycling Magazine.
The decision, authored by Justice Hobbs, also contains a short, interesting history of the Black Hawk area, including a long footnote about the Central City Opera House.
The court's decision is here; a short Denver Post report is here.