Pattie Lea, Inc. v. District Court

This case comes before us on petition for a writ of prohibition. The parties will be referred to by name or as petitioners and respondents.

The individual respondent, Pete Denning, commenced an action for an accounting in the District Court of the City and County of Denver, against the corporate petitioners and certain of the individual petitioners. The action by Denning was brought in his capacity as a minority stockholder of the various corporations and was brought on behalf of himself and all other stockholders similarly situated.

As a part of the preparation for trial of the action, Denning…