Public Utilities Commission v. District Court

This is an original proceeding in which we issued our rule to the respondent district court to show cause why it should not be prohibited from staying an order of the Public Utilities Commission, the petitioner herein. The PUC had ordered Sentry Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation, to appear and produce certain business records. Sentry is the holder of a PUC permit authorizing it to engage in business as a towing carrier.

The matter is now at issue, and after having consid*390ered the merits of the controversy, we make the rule absolute, thereby holding that the respondent district court is…