California Court of Appeal

Because the bylaws of defendant, a nonprofit religious corporation, do not specify the term of office for its board of directors, Corporations Code section 9220(b) imposes a term of one year.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2004
• Published 01/20/2004

Judges

• LAMBDEN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Law Offices of Walter W. Whelan, Walter W. Whelan, Fresno, Berliner Cohen, John F. Domingue, Thomas P. Murphy, San Jose, for Defendants and Appellants Gurdial Singh et al., Law Offices of Walter W. Whelan, Walter W. Whelan, Fresno, Berliner Cohen, John F. Domingue, Thomas P. Murphy, San Jose, for Defendants and Appellants Gurdial Singh et al. as Amici Curiae., Cooper, White & Cooper, Stephen D. Kaus, Merrit M. Jones, San Francisco, Law Office of Mark Cohen, Mark Cohen, Fremont, for Plaintiffs and Respondents Ala Singh et al., Taylor & Goins, N. Maxwell Njelita, for Plaintiffs and Respondents Ala Singh et al. as Amici Curiae.