BONTRAGER v. LA PLATA ELEC. ASS'N INC.

No. 02CA0234.

68 P.3d 555 (2003)

William D. BONTRAGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LA PLATA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

February 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Bontrager, Pro Se.

Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, LLP, Thomas H. Shipps, John Barlow Spear, Laranne Arbaugh, Durango, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee.

Kent L. Singer, Denver, Colorado, for Amici Curiae Colorado Rural Electric Association and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.


Opinion by Judge WEBB.

This case challenges a nonprofit cooperative electric association's investment of member capital in for-profit, nonelectric subsidiaries. Plaintiff, William D. Bontrager, appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of defendant, La Plata Electric Association Inc. (LPEA). Contrary to plaintiff's contentions, we conclude that LPEA acted within its statutory authority and governing documents, and therefore we affirm.

LPEA is a nonprofit...

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