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Section 17-16-861 - Judicial Action

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17-16-861. Judicial action. (a) A transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation, or by an entity controlled by the corporation, may not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other relief against a director of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director has an interest respecting the transaction, if it is not a director's conflicting interest transaction. (b) A director's conflicting interest transaction may not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other relief against a director of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director has an interest respecting the transaction, if: (i) Directors' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with W.S. 17-16-862 at any time; or (ii) Shareholders' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with W.S. 17-16-863 at any time; or (iii) The transaction, judged according to the circumstances at the relevant time, is established to have been fair to the corporation.

17-16-861. Judicial action. (a) A transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation, or by an entity controlled by the corporation, may not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other relief against a director of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director has an interest respecting the transaction, if it is not a director's conflicting interest transaction. (b) A director's conflicting interest transaction may not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other relief against a director of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director has an interest respecting the transaction, if: (i) Directors' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with W.S. 17-16-862 at any time; or (ii) Shareholders' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with W.S. 17-16-863 at any time; or (iii) The transaction, judged according to the circumstances at the relevant time, is established to have been fair to the corporation.