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WESTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC.v. SALAS (1997)

PetitionerWIT, HOMERO L. VILLASIS, DIMAS ENRIQUEZ, PRESTON F.VILLASIS & REGINALD F. VILLASIS minorit !to"#$o%'r!Re!"on#ent RI(ARDO T. SALAS, SOLEDAD SALAS)TU*ILLE+A,

ANTONIO S. SALAS, RI(HARD S. SALAS m-orit !to"#$o%'r!Ponente H'rmi!i!im, +r., +.

$OCTRINE $ire%tor! &n# tr'!tee! &re not entite# to !&&r or ot*er%o+"en!&tion ,*en t*e "er-or+ not*in +ore t*&n t*e '!'& &n#or#in&r #'tie! o- t*eir o--i%e. T*i! r'e i! -o'n#e# '"on &"re!'+"tion t*&t #ire%tor! /tr'!tee! ren#er !ervi%e r&t'ito'! &n#t*&t t*e ret'rn '"on t*eir !*&re! e0'&te -'rni!*e! t*e +otive! -or!ervi%e ,it*o't %o+"en!&tion. 2't t*e %&n re%eive re+'ner&tion!-or e3e%'tive o--i%er "o!ition.

FACTS

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"or/ortion 'n11' in t$' o/'rtion o3 n '4"tion% in!tit4tion.

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In t*i! %&!e Re!o'tion No. 6 !. 198 r&nte# +ont* %o+"en!&tionto "riv&te re!"on#ent! not in t*eir %&"&%it &! +e+er! o- t*e o&r#'t r&t*er &! o--i%er! o- t*e %or"or&tion +ore "&rti%'&r &!C*&ir+&n 4i%e:C*&ir+&n Tre&!'rer &n# Se%ret&r o- WIT.

T$' %!t !'nt'n"' o3 S'"tion B 5r'1rin1 '"'!! o3 n't in"om'6 %!oo'! not //% !in"' t$' "om/'n!tion i! 2'in1 1i>'n to /ri>t'r'!/on'nt! in t$'ir "/"it ! o33i"'r! o3 WIT n not ! 2or m'm2'r!.

$ISPOSITION WHEREFORE, t$' in!tnt /'tition i! $'r'2 DENIED ;it$"o!t! 1in!t /'tition'r!.

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