Hammonds v. Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp.

STEPHENS, Judge.

This case was commenced by the filing of a summons and complaint on 25 September 2002. It arises out of Plaintiffs’ allegations that the methods of electing members of the Board of Directors of the Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation (“LREMC”), a private North Carolina nonprofit rural electric cooperative distributing retail electricity in sections of four North Carolina counties, are racially discriminatory. In particular, Plaintiffs alleged that the Board of Directors and officers of LREMC refused to reform a voting system which produced a lack of diversity on the…