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Nonprofit Unincorporated Associations, Howard L. Oleck
Nonprofit Unincorporated Associations, Howard L. Oleck
Cleveland State Law Review
Western civilization has been (and is) characterized by voluntary associations of people, from the earliest warrior bands and "churches" to towns and universities and guilds, etc. Corporations, as vehicles for such associations, did not exist until relatively recently, and associations were (and very many still are) unincorporated. Unincorporated associations as a form of organization have been losing ground to the corporation, but are far from obsolete
Non-Profit Corporations' Names, Sheila M. Kahoe
Non-Profit Corporations' Names, Sheila M. Kahoe
Cleveland State Law Review
A non-profit organization , like its counterpart, the profit-seeking corporation, must have a name if it is to exist as a legal entity. Most states impose statutory restrictions on the selection of a name, with little or no distinction between the rules governing the business corporation and the non-profit corporation. For example, in Ohio the two sections of the Revised Code relating to corporate names are virtually identical. The Ohio statute serves to illustrate the policy reasons for the state's policing of the selection of a corporate name. Two important considerations are set forth in the statute: first, that the …
Nonprofit Corporations - A Survey Of Recent Cases, Lizabeth A. Moody
Nonprofit Corporations - A Survey Of Recent Cases, Lizabeth A. Moody
Cleveland State Law Review
The relatively few persons who write or teach in the field of nonprofit organizations are chronic complainers about the lack of case law in the area. The sparseness of authority leaves practitioners without adequate guidelines with which to advise clients, and leaves academicians without visible trends on which to develop theories.