Legal Opinion
Tran v. Hoang
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 10, 2015No. 01-14-00973-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Jane'Bland, Justice
In this suit against individual directors of a Texas nonprofit corporation, we determine whether members, of the organization possess derivative, standing to sue on behalf of the corporation when neither the articles of incorporation nor the bylaws authorize it. Members of the Vietnamese Community of Houston and Vicinity (VNCH) sued ‘individual members of VNCH’s board of directors, alleging breach of their fiduciary-duties to VNCH. In the trial court, the members purported to bring a derivative suit against the directors in the name of VNCH. The members sought…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- Bland Independent School District v. BlueTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Williams v. LaraTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- Texas Department of Transportation v. City of Sunset ValleyTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- Austin Nursing Center, Inc. v. LovatoTexas Supreme Court · 2005
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Carter v. HarveyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Adriene Sibley v. Seminole Pipeline Company, LLC, Enterprise Products Operating, LLC, First Call Field Services Corp., and TDW Services, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2017
- Binh Nguyen v. Jeana Tran and Truc Le, Individually and on Behalf of Wilcrest Park Townhomes Owners" Association, Inc., Wilcrest Park Townhomes Owners' Association, Inc., and Miklos Kato, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2026
- Debbie Perales Robin Hawkins Suzanne Leos Crystal Chavez Jill Hiatt Ursula Cui Shawna Goffney Amber McMillan Laramie Rivera And Luis Trochez v. Kristin Newman, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2023