TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE v. GERRY SPENCE TRIAL

No. 20-8038.

23 F.4th 1262 (2022)

The TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE, a nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GERRY SPENCE TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE AT THUNDERHEAD RANCH, a nonprofit corporation; Gerry L. Spence; John Zelbst; Rex Parris; Joseph H. Low; Kent Spence, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED January 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Getzoff , Holland & Hart LLP, Boulder, Colorado (Bradley T. Cave, P.C. and Jeffrey S. Pope , Holland & Hart LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants.

Christopher K. Ralston , Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana ( Lindsay Calhoun and James Gilbert with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BACHARACH, BRISCOE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


This appeal grew out of a dispute over a program (called "The Trial Lawyers College") to train trial lawyers. The College's board of directors splintered into two factions, known as the "Spence Group" and the "Sloan Group." The two groups sued each other: The Spence Group sued in state court for dissolution of the College...

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