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JANSSEN v. BEST & FLANAGAN

No. CX-01-2207.

662 N.W.2d 876 (2003)

George JANSSEN, et al., Respondents, v. BEST & FLANAGAN, et al., Defendants, and Minneapolis Police Relief Association, Petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 22, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. McLaughlin, Eric Moutz, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Minneapolis, for appellant.

William J. Mavity, Pamela Marie Miller, Mavity & Associates, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Martin J. Costello, Hughes & Costello, St. Paul, for Amicus Curiae, Minnesota Teamsters Joint Council 32, et al.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

We are called on to decide certain questions of first impression regarding the law of nonprofit corporations in Minnesota. The principal issue concerns how a nonprofit board may respond to a member's demand to commence legal action on behalf of the association. We also consider the degree of deference that a district court may give to a nonprofit board's decision to reject a member's demand to commence legal action.

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