Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Edwards
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 25, 1994No. 15960-1-IIPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, C.J.
In this stockholder’s derivative suit, A. Shawn Hicks appeals from CR 11 sanctions imposed after he was disqualified from representing both a corporation and its majority shareholders. We reverse.
At the times material here, Cedar Ridge Construction, Inc., was a Washington corporation owned 45 percent by Gordon Edwards and 55 percent by Larry and Timothy Col-well (Colwells). Larry and Timothy Colwell, father and son, were two of the three directors on Cedar Ridge’s board. Edwards was the third. Hicks, an attorney, represented the corporation from at least 1987.
On May 21,1990, Edwards filed a…
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