HAMMONDS v. LUMBEE RIVER ELEC. M'SHIP CORP.

No. COA05-733.

631 S.E.2d 1 (2006)

Ronald G. HAMMONDS, Rev. H.E. Edwards, Clifton Sampson, Jr., John Kershaw, Mernelle Baxter Delia Quaison, John Gingras, Peter Cooper and Jeanette Locklear, individually and derivatively as members of LREMC, Plaintiffs, v. LUMBEE RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, Roger Oxendine, Ambrose Locklear, Jr., Ruth Oxendine, Madie Rae Locklear, Robert Locklear, Robert Strickland, Broughton Oxendine, Proctor Locklear, Jr., James Hardin, Herbert Clark, Maggie Hunt, Lacy Cummings, in their official capacity as directors of LREMC, Ronnie Hunt, in his official capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of LREMC, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Nakell, Chapel Hill, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Smith and Christensen, L.L.P. by W. Britton Smith, Jr. and Aaron M. Christensen, Charlotte, for Defendants-Appellees.


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...

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