Viravonga v. Wat Buddha Samakitham

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellants Somboun Viravonga and others appeal an order of the circuit court denying their motion to vacate the results of a board-of-directors election for Wat Buddha Samakitham, a Buddhist temple, and denying their motion to enjoin the newly elected board of directors from dismissing Abbot Phra Sagob Parisanto and other temple monks. We affirm the order of the circuit court.

In 1989, several members of the North West Arkansas Buddhist community came together to form Wat Buddha Samakitham, which is organized as a nonprofit corporation under Arkansas Code Annotated §§…