Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 2
A federal court in Indiana ruled that the directors of a church subsidiary could be sued individually for financial losses incurred by investors.
Nonprofit
Bylaws, Constitutions, and Charters
Most courts refuse to intervene in church disputes concerning the validity of a membership meeting that was not conducted in accordance with the procedural requirements.
Church Records
A Texas court ruled that the first amendment did not bar the civil courts from enforcing the rights of church members to inspect the records of an incorporated church.
Church Business Meetings
A Washington court ruled that a church's election of new board members was legally invalid.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 2
A Georgia court ruled that it was not barred by the first amendment from deciding whether church members acted in accordance with state nonprofit corporation law in removing the church board.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 1
A federal court in Arizona ruled that the Volunteers Protection Act prevented individual board members of a charity from being personally liable for unpaid wages.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees – Part 1
A Pennsylvania court ruled that the state nonprofit corporation law could not be used by disgruntled church members as a legal basis for the removal of the church's board.
Church Records
A New York court ruled that a member had a legal right to inspect church records on the basis of a provision in the not-for-profit corporation law.
Officers, Directors, and Trustees
An Illinois court ruled that the directors of a public charity could not be liable for the dismissal of an employee because they were protected by a state "charitable immunity" law.
Church Records
A New York court ruled that a church member had the legal authority to inspect church records despite the pastor's refusal to allow him to do so.
Constitution, Bylaws and Charters
An Ohio court ruled that a church's board of trustees had been properly ousted and replaced with a new board in a specially-called business meeting.
Church Records
A Colorado court ruled that a church member's legal authority to inspect church records pursuant to state nonprofit corporation law ended when his membership was revoked.
Church Records
A New York court ruled that members of a nonprofit corporation had a "proper purpose" in asking to see various records of the corporation.
Unincorporated Churches
A Colorado court ruled that an officer of a nonprofit unincorporated association was not personally liable for compensation that the association had failed to pay to former employees.
Church Records
A Georgia court ruled that a member of a nonprofit corporation failed to prove that he had a "proper purpose" for his request to inspect several categories of corporate records.
Church Business Meetings
A Utah court ruled that an action taken by members of a nonprofit association by mail-in ballot was invalid since it was not authorized by nonprofit corporation law.
Rental of Church Property
Are churches' tax exemptions affected by lessees' debts on rented property?
Leasing Church Premises
How such a practice could impact a church's tax exemptions.
What Church Treasurers Need to Know About “Inurement”
The Tax Court issues an important ruling.
11,000 Nonprofits Lose Status
Organizations failed to file proper paperwork.