City of Colorado Springs v. District Court

This original proceeding, in the nature of prohibition, was filed by the City of Colorado Springs, seeking an order which would prohibit the district court of El Paso County from enforcing an order directed to city council members and ordering discovery of facts relating to the denial of a rezoning application. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.

Doctors’ Hospital Associates, a Colorado limited partnership, held an option to purchase real property upon which it intended to construct hospital facilities, including doctors’ offices, pharmacies, and clinics. A zoning…