Burt v. Scarborough

Athalie Irvine Burt, a director of the Irvine Company, brought this action in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County for a writ of mandate against the company and its six other directors to compel them to allow her “accompanied by counsel of her choice” to attend meetings of the company’s board of directors. Four of the directors— Scarborough, McFadden, Honer and Wheeler—moved for a change of venue to Orange County, upon the ground that none of them resided in Los Angeles County but each was a resident of Orange County, and “the hearing, determination and trial of this action” should…