Thomas H. May and David C. Vigil, for Themselves and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado

SETH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants filed suit on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated seeking to enjoin the enforcement of Rule 227, Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and asking a refund of all monies paid by members of the class pursuant to the rule. Rule 227 requires that an annual fee of twenty dollars (five dollars in certain instances) be paid to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Colorado by each lawyer admitted to practice in the state. The funds so collected are to be used by the Colorado Supreme Court only to “defray the costs of disciplinary administration…