GESSLER v. GROSSMAN

Court of Appeals No. 14CA0670.

488 P.3d 53 (2015)

2015 COA 62

Scott GESSLER, individually and in his official capacity as Colorado Secretary of State, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dan GROSSMAN, Sally H. Hopper, Bill Pinkham, Matt Smith, and Rosemary Marshall, in their official capacities as members of the Independent Ethics Commission; and the Independent Ethics Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Announced May 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Michael Francisco , Assistant Solicitor General, Kathryn A. Starnella , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Lisa Brenner Freimann , First Assistant Attorney General, Russell B. Klein , First Assistant Attorney General, Joel W. Kiesey , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees.

Luis Toro , Margaret Perl , Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Ethics Watch.


¶ 1 Plaintiff, former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, appeals the district court's judgment affirming the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission's (IEC's) determination that he breached the public trust by using public funds for personal and political purposes. We conclude that the IEC (1) had jurisdiction...

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