During the trial, it was brought up that Connecticut law states that directors can be removed only by the subset of membership that elected them. This prompted a change in the motion to the motion that passed, which is the first Reference item in this section.

2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 33 - Corporations
Chapter 602 - Nonstock Corporations
Section 33-1088 - Removal of directors by members or directors.

Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 33-1088 (2016)

(a) The members entitled to vote for the election of directors or, if there are no such members, the directors, may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the certificate of incorporation provides that directors may be removed only for cause.

(b) If a director is elected by a class of members only the members of that class may participate in the vote to remove him.

(c) If cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him under cumulative voting is voted against his removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove him exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him.

(d) A director may be removed by the members entitled to vote for directors or, if there are no such members, the directors, only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing him and the meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.

(P.A. 96-256, S. 64, 209.)

History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997.