Dozier v. Automobile Club of Mich.

Plaintiffs-appellants are all members of defendant Automobile Club of Michigan, a nonprofit corporation existing to promote automobile travel and safety and to provide various services to its members. Three of the plaintiffs are also insurance subscribers of defendant Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange (DAIIE), a reciprocal insurance exchange whose board of directors has, for over 30 years, been controlled by and comprised of the same persons that constitute the club’s board of directors. In 1971, plaintiffs brought a suit, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, in…