Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General BRIGIDA ABUYEN has requested this office to grant leave to sue in quo warranto upon the following question of fact or law: Are the officers of the Filipino American Council of San Francisco usurping, intruding into, or are they unlawfully holding or exercising the franchise of the council? CONCLUSION Granting leave to sue in quo warranto would not serve the public interest in determining whether the officers of the Filipino American Council of San Francisco are usurping, intruding into, or unlawfully holding or exercising the franchise of the council. PARTIES BRIGIDA ABUYEN ("relator") contends that RICARTE NATIVIDAD, ROWENA HUTCHINSON, ART BUMANLAG, LEO GERTUS, CONNIE LEVITA, PILAR PAVON, JOHNNY TABIEN, and FELY BERNALDEZ ("defendants") are unlawfully serving as officers of the Filipino American Council of San Francisco ("Council"). MATERIAL FACTS The Council is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, whose purpose is to promote harmonious relations among its various member organizations serving the Filipino community in the San Francisco…