Eugene Cervi & Co. v. Russell

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Cervi & Co. v. Russell, 31 Colo. App. 525, 506 P.2d 748 (1972), affirming the judgment of the District Court of Jefferson County. Cervi brought its action seeking a mandatory injunction against Russell, as the local registrar of vital statistics, to compel him to furnish certain requested information from birth and death certificates which Russell had refused to provide. The Colorado Department of Health, the official custodian of vital statistics records, intervened in support of Russell. The issue was tried on…