Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Louisiana-Pacific Resources, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 17, 1982No. Civ. 48939PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, P. J.
The question presented by this appeal, one of first impression and considerable significance, is whether the State of California may constitutionally impose its law requiring cumulative voting by shareholders upon a corporation which is domiciled elsewhere, but whose contacts with California, as measured by various criteria, are greater than those with any other jurisdiction.
Section 2115 of the California Corporations Code 1 provides for the application of various provisions of that code to a foreign corporation which (on the basis of a three-factor formula including…
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