Legal Opinion
United States v. Colorado Supreme Court
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1996No. 95-1082PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the United States has standing to challenge the application of two Colorado professional ethics rules to federal prosecutors. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, stating that the United States did not have standing because it did not allege that federal prosecutors had suffered any actual or imminent injury from application of the rules. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse.
BACKGROUND
The Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (“Colorado Rules”) govern the conduct…
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