Salt Lake City ? A federal appeals court Tuesday reinstated a bribery case against two men accused of using $1 million in enticements to sway International Olympic Committee delegates to award Salt Lake the 2002 Winter Games.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver overturned a federal judge in Utah who threw out the case in a series of rulings and opinions in 2001. Tuesday’s ruling clears the way for a trial in Utah.

Tom Welch, 58, who was president of the city’s bid and organizing committees, and Dave Johnson, 44, who was senior vice president, were accused of lavishing $1 million in cash, gifts and favors on Olympic delegates.

The scandal was the worst in Olympic history, and it resulted in the expulsion or resignation of 10 IOC members who took advantage of Salt Lake’s well-documented generosity.

Welch and Johnson were charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy, bribery racketeering, and mail, wire and “honest-services” fraud.

But the charges were thrown out by U.S. District Judge David Sam, who lambasted the Justice Department for building a case around an obscure Utah commercial bribery law. That law prohibits classic business kickback schemes, and Sam ruled that it did not clearly apply to Olympic bidding.