PANKRATZ v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 79SA54.

609 P.2d 1101 (1980)

Howard PANKRATZ, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, State of Colorado, The Honorable Edward C. Day, one of the judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Steele, P. C., Walter A. Steele, Denver, for petitioner.

John M. Kobayashi, Court-Appointed Sp. Prosecutor, Jeffrey A. Chase, Denver, for respondents.


LEE, Justice.

In this original proceeding, we issued a rule to show cause why a subpoena should not be quashed and set aside. The subpoena had been issued by the respondent district court to the petitioner for a contempt of court hearing for violation of the grand jury secrecy rules.

On December 13, 1978, Robert C. Ozer, then Director of the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the State of Colorado, allegedly disclosed to petitioner, a Denver Post reporter, a list...

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