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Contract Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Steinmetz, Mollie

 

AC47443 - Ashe v. Yale University (“The plaintiffs, Victor H. Ashe and Donald G. Glascoff, Jr., alumni of the defendant, Yale University, appeal from the judgment of the trial court denying their motion for summary judgment, granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and dismissing their claim alleging ultra vires acts in violation of the Connecticut Revised Nonstock Corporation Act (act), General Statutes § 33-1000 et seq. On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the court improperly (1) rendered summary judgment in favor of the defendant because the court incorrectly determined that the plaintiffs lack standing on the basis that they are not third-party beneficiaries of the defendant’s charter, and (2) granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss their ultra vires claim because the court improperly determined that alumni are not members within the meaning of the act and, thus, the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the claim. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.”)