Legal Opinion
Dawkins v. Walker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 16, 2001No. 1991712PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Dawkins and other members of the board of directors ("the Board") of the Emerald Valley Resort Club, Inc. ("EVRC"), appeal the Jefferson County Circuit Court's "partial summary judgment" in favor of the plaintiff Melisa M. Walker. We affirm.
On January 7, 2000, Walker sued eight members of the Board, based upon her removal from the Board. She alleged that no provision in the Code of Alabama or in the bylaws of the EVRC provides for the prospective removal of a Board member, i.e., for the removal of a Board member from a term that has not yet begun. Walker sought a judgment declaring, among…
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