Martin v. District Court

This is an original proceeding in the nature of prohibition involving the determination of whether a county has standing to obtain judicial review of a state merit system council decision pertaining to the reinstatement of a county director of social services. We issued a rule to show cause why respondent district court should not dismiss the county’s complaint and now make the rule absolute.

Janet Martin (petitioner herein) was dismissed as the director of the county department of social services by the Montrose Board of County Commissioners, acting in its capacity as the county board of…