35-14-861. Judicial action. (1) 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 sanctions 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.
(2) A director's conflicting interest transaction may not be the subject of equitable relief or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions against a director of the corporation in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation on the grounds that the director has an interest respecting the transaction if:
(a) directors' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with 35-14-862 at any time;
(b) shareholders' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with 35-14-863 at any time; or
(c) the transaction, judged according to the circumstances at the relevant time, is established to have been fair to the corporation.
History: En. Sec. 130, Ch. 271, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 14. Montana Business Corporation Act
Part 8. Directors and Officers
35-14-801. Board of directors -- requirements -- functions
35-14-802. Qualifications of directors
35-14-803. Directors -- number -- election
35-14-804. Election of directors -- certain classes or series of shares
35-14-805. Terms of directors generally
35-14-806. Staggered terms for directors
35-14-807. Resignation of directors
35-14-808. Removal of directors by shareholders
35-14-809. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
35-14-810. Vacancy -- board of directors
35-14-811. Compensation of directors
35-14-812. through 35-14-819 reserved
35-14-821. Action without meeting
35-14-825. Committees of board
35-14-826. Submission of matters for shareholder vote
35-14-827. through 35-14-829 reserved
35-14-830. Standards of conduct for directors
35-14-831. Standards of liability for directors
35-14-832. Director's liability for unlawful distributions
35-14-833. through 35-14-839 reserved
35-14-841. Functions of officers
35-14-842. Standards of conduct for officers
35-14-843. Resignation and removal of officers
35-14-844. Contract rights of officers
35-14-845. through 35-14-849 reserved
35-14-850. Definitions -- indemnification and advance for expenses
35-14-851. Permissible indemnification
35-14-852. Mandatory indemnification
35-14-853. Advance for expenses
35-14-854. Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses
35-14-855. Determination and authorization of indemnification
35-14-856. Indemnification of officers
35-14-858. Variation by corporate action -- application
35-14-860. Definitions -- director's conflicting interest transactions
35-14-863. Shareholders' action