TELL v. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

No. 97-2098.

145 F.3d 417 (1998)

William K. TELL, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wright Danenbarger with whom Thomas W. Aylesworth and Wiggin & Nourie, P.A. were on brief, for appellants.

Sean M. Gorman, Associate College Counsel, Dartmouth College, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought in the federal district court by William Tell and six other alumni of Dartmouth College against the Trustees of Dartmouth College (the corporate name of Dartmouth College). Appellants claimed to represent Dartmouth's alumni as a class and challenged certain changes in the arrangements for the election of trustees. The district court dismissed the case for lack of an indispensable party, and this appeal followed.

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