Legal Opinion
Boyer v. Jones
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 3, 2001No. B140111PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARMSTRONG, J.
This case raises a single legal question concerning corporate names: may the name of a suspended corporation be reserved and adopted by another corporation? The Secretary of State says yes. Appellants, whose corporate name was taken during a period of suspension, say no. We agree with the Secretary of State.
Facts
Appellants Bruce and Marian Boyer incorporated Lone Star Security, Inc., in 1993. In July of 1996, the Secretary of State (Secretary) suspended the corporation for failure to file annual statements (Corp. Code, § 1502) in 1994 and 1995. Apparently, the corporation…
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