Shafer v. Board of Trustees

The Appellants/relators (the relators) 1 brought a quo warranto proceeding in the name of the State of Washington, pursuant to RCW 7.56, against Sandy Hook Yacht Club Estates, Inc. (Sandy Hook or the Corporation) and its board of trustees (the Board). Sandy Hook is a nonprofit corporation consisting of all property owners within the Sandy Hook plat. The relators, who are minority members of the Corporation, challenged the Corporation’s legal authority to adopt new restrictions in the nature of restrictive covenants that would bind all Sandy Hook property owners without having first obtained…