Legal Opinion

Summers v. Colette

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided April 15, 2019No. B285488PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSegal, J.

*364INTRODUCTION

While serving as a director of a nonprofit public benefit corporation called Wildlife Waystation, Margaret Summers filed this action against the Waystation and another director, Martine Colette, alleging self-dealing and other misconduct by Colette. Colette and the Waystation demurred to the complaint, arguing Summers, who as a director had standing to bring this action when she filed it, lost standing when the Waystation board of directors later removed her as a director. The trial court sustained the demurrers without leave to amend.

We conclude that Summers did not lose standing…

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