Legal Opinion
Halaby, McCrea & Cross v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 22, 1992No. 91SA414PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rovira
In this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21, the law firm of Halaby, McCrea and Cross, petitioner, alleges that Judge Morris B. Hoffman, respondent, exceeded his jurisdiction or abused his discretion in imposing sanctions against it and requests that we prohibit enforcement of the order imposing sanctions. We issued a rule to show cause why the relief requested should not be granted and now make the rule absolute.
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