Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Starkey v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1966No. 37933PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonworth, J.
This is the second legal action since 1963 which has resulted from the efforts of the majority shareholders and their directors to exclude directors-elect from the board of directors of Alaska Airlines, Inc., after the directors-elect were elected by a minority shareholder *320group by the use of cumulative voting. The first case was tried in October, 1963, and a decision unfavorable to Alaska Airlines, Inc., the defendant, was rendered, from which Alaska Airlines, Inc., has appealed.
The present case arose because Alaska Airlines, Inc., took steps which would have rendered the decision in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Meade v. Pacific Gamble Robinson Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1944
3Cited by5 opinions
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