Civil Serv. Com'n v. District Ct. in & for Cty. of Adams

This is an original proceeding by petitioner Civil Service Commission of Aurora for a writ of prohibition directing the respondent district court to dismiss a complaint filed under C.R.C.P. 106(a)(4) for the failure to timely join indispensable parties. We issued a rule to show cause why such relief should not be granted, and the respective parties have briefed the issue before the court. We make the rule absolute.

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Respondent Robert E. O’Harrow is a police officer of the Aurora, Colorado, police department. He, together with four other eligible officers, were examined for promotion to Police…