Title: Kalanges v. Champlain Valley Exposition, Inc.

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

EO.91-600; 160 Vt. 644; 632 A.2d 357


                                 ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 91-600

                               MAY TERM, 1993


 William C. Kalanges               }          APPEALED FROM:
 and Bernard P. Lemieux            }
                                   }
      v.                           }          Chittenden Superior Court
                                   }
                                   }
 Champlain Valley Exposition, Inc. }
                                   }          DOCKET NO. S138-87CnC


              In the above entitled cause the Clerk will enter:

      Plaintiffs Kalanges and Lemieux are shareholders in the Champlain Valley
 Exposition (the Fair).  Plaintiffs are appealing a superior court decision
 denying their challenge to the Fair's status as a nonprofit corporation, the
 method and price of sale of its stock and their demand for access to the
 Fair's corporate records.  The trial court found that plaintiffs' principal
 claims were barred by the statute of limitations and granted defendant's
 motion for summary judgment.  Further, the court denied plaintiffs access to
 the records, holding that their purpose in demanding access was not "proper."
 We affirm in part and reverse in part.

      To grant summary judgment, the court must find that there are no genuine
 issues of material fact, and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as
 a matter of law.  V.R.C.P. 56(c).  Review of the facts must be considered in
 the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Pierce v. Riggs, 149 Vt. 136,
 139,