Both parties appealed. In Speight, McCue Assocs., P.C. v. Wallop, 2005 WY 75, 115 P.3d 39 (Wyo. 2005), this Court reversed and remanded the matter with instructions to the District Court to remand the matter to the Committee for the purpose of taking additional evidence. [¶ 14] On remand, the Committee held a subsequent hearing, at which it took additional evidence.
The district court allowed Mr. Cotton to present additional evidence for its consideration during the appeal. Our decision in Speight, McCue Associates, P.C., v. Wallop, 2005 WY 75, 115 P.3d 39 (Wyo. 2005), prohibits the district court from taking additional evidence in an appeal from the Wyoming State Bar Committee on Resolutions of Fee Disputes. The error was, however, harmless because in this case the district court specifically found the additional evidence Mr. Cotton presented was irrelevant to its decision and, consequently, did not rely upon it in affirming the fee dispute committee's decision.