Sanchez v. Grain Growers Assn.

Opinion

PHILLIPS, J. *

Plaintiffs sued defendant, a nonprofit agricultural cooperative association, for money due, declaratory relief and an accounting. Plaintiffs are expelled members of the association. The court entered judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

The primary purpose of defendant agricultural association, as outlined in article I of its bylaws, was the processing, utilization and marketing of grain and grain sorghum crops produced by member-growers. Operating on a nonprofit basis, the association returned any net proceeds realized to its members.

Such cooperative…