SPENCE v. SLOAN

S-21-0243.

515 P.3d 572 (2022)

2022 WY 96

Gerald L. SPENCE; John Zelbst; Rex Parris; Joseph H. Low and Kent Spence, directly on their own behalf and derivatively on behalf of The Trial Lawyers College, a Wyoming nonprofit corporation, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. John SLOAN; Milton Grimes; Maren Chaloupka; J.R. Clary, Jr.; Dana Cole and Anne Valentine, Appellees (Defendants), and The Trial Lawyers College, a Wyoming nonprofit corporation, Appellee (Nominal Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: J. Kenneth Barbe, II and Hampton K. O'Neill , Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C., Casper, Wyoming; James E. Fitzgerald , The Fitzgerald Law Firm, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Barbe, II and Mr. Fitzgerald.

Representing Appellees: Patrick J. Murphy and Zara S. Mason , Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C., Casper, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Murphy.

Before FOX, C.J., and KAUTZ, BOOMGAARDEN, GRAY, and FENN, JJ.


[¶1] This appeal arises out of a dispute between two factions of the former Board of Directors of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers College; the Spence Group and the Sloan Group. The Spence Group filed a derivative action against both the College and the Sloan Group seeking removal of the...

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