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Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-58-110

Removal of directors by judicial proceeding

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Summers v. Cherokee Children & Family Services, Inc. (2002)

Most recently applied in Summers v. Cherokee Children & Family Services, Inc. (September 2002)

Acts 1987, ch. 242, § 8.10.

(1) Any court of record having equity jurisdiction in the county where a corporation's principal office (or if none in this state, its registered office) is located may remove any director of the corporation from office in a proceeding commenced either by the corporation, its members holding at least ten percent (10%) of the voting power of any class or the attorney general and reporter in the case of a public benefit corporation if the court finds that: The director engaged in fraudulent or dishonest conduct, or gross abuse of authority or discretion, with respect to the corporation, or a final judgment has been entered finding that the director has violated a duty set forth in part 3 of this chapter; and

(2) Removal is in the best interest of the corporation.

(3) The court that removes a director may bar the director from serving on the board for a period prescribed by the court.

(4) If members or the attorney general and reporter commence a proceeding under subsection (a), the corporation shall be made a party defendant.

(5) If a public benefit corporation or its members commence a proceeding under subsection (a), they shall give the attorney general and reporter written notice of the proceeding.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.