Legal Opinion
Girl Scouts of Manitou Council, Inc. v. Girl Scouts of United States of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 2008No. 08-2488PublishedCited by 387 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Girls Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) first chartered Girl Scouts of Manitou Council, Inc. as a local Girl Scout council in 1950. Now, almost sixty years later, GSUSA, acting pursuant to a new organizational strategy, is in the process of merging many of its local councils to form larger regional councils. Man-itou has declined to participate in the proposed restructuring, which has prompted GSUSA to undertake proceedings to unilaterally reduce Manitou’s chartered territory. Manitou filed suit against GSUSA and sought a preliminary injunction to prevent any…
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