In Re Veterans'industries, Inc.

The appellants Disabled American Veterans, California Department, a corporation (hereafter “DAV”), and the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A., Inc., Department of California (hereafter “Purple Heart”) appeal from an order of the superior court striking on the Attorney General’s motion their objections to a proposed disposition of assets under section 9801 of the Corporations Code by the petitioner Veterans’ Industries, Inc., of Long Beach, California (hereafter “Veterans’ Industries” or “petitioner”), to the Community Rehabilitation Industries, Inc. (hereafter “Community Rehabilitation”), with the Attorney General’s consent. The Attorney General based his motion to strike the objections on the ground that the objectors lacked standing to appear or intervene in the proceedings for the purpose of filing objections.

In this court the Attorney General has moved for a dismissal of the objectors’ appeals, contending: (1) the objectors lack standing to appeal; and (2) the appeals are now moot, the superior court’s judgment (decree) approving the petitioner’s proposed disposition having been rendered and entered with neither appellant having appealed…