Member of Nonprofit Can’t Sue To Protest Suspension of Membership Rights

Minnesota Court says Nonprofit Corporation Act requires 10% of members to join in claim to make it valid

A member of a nonprofit corporation in Minnesota may not sue individually to complain about the suspension of her membership rights, an appellate court in Minnesota has ruled.  The Court has said that the state’s Nonprofit Corporation Act requires a minimum of 50 members or 10% of the members, whichever is less, to bring a suit seeking equitable remedies.

Unincorporated association may seek public records

An unincorporated association formed in Washington, D.C. may pursue a suit against the local transit authority, a federal District Court has ruled, because it appears to be a nonprofit unincorporated association.

Tax exemption vacated for failure to answer discovery

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has vacated a trial court decision granting real estate tax exemption for a portion of a building the landowner claimed was used as an actual place of regularly stated religious worship. The School District had appealed on the basis that the landowner had failed to provide in discovery a copy of a stipulation with the Township that she would not use the facility for “religious use.”