Case Law on Parliamentary Procedure

by
Jim Slaughter, JD, CPP-T, PRP

The following resources cite numerous cases on meeting and convention procedures:

59 Am. Jur. 2d Parliamentary Law

Boggins, Joseph C.  “Noteworthy Court Decision,” National Parliamentarian of the National Association of Parliamentarians, Volume 51, Fourth Quarter 1990, 15.

Bosmajian, Haig A.  “Court Decisions Related to Freedom of Assembly and Parliamentary Procedures,” Readings in Parliamentary Procedure.  Harper & Row: New York, 1968.

Carson, Walter E.  “The Parliamentarian and the Law: Proxy Voting Absent Bylaw Provision,” Parliamentary Journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Volume XXXVIII, No. 1 (January 1997), 10.

Demeter, George.  Demeter’s Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure.  Boston: Little, Brown, 1969.

Grace, Charles H.  “Relationship of Law to Parliamentary Procedure,” National Parliamentarian of the National Association of Parliamentarians, Volume 57, Fourth Quarter 1996, 24.

Lofton, J. David.  “Must One Prevail to Change One’s Mind?  The Court’s Treatment of the Motion to Reconsider,” Parliamentary Journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Volume XXVIII, No. 3 (July 1987), 101.

Luce, Robert.  “The Quorum,” Readings in Parliamentary Procedure.  New York: Harper & Row, 1968.

Luce, Robert.  Legislative Procedure: Parliamentary Practices and the Course of Business in the Framing of Statutes.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.

Mason, Paul.  “The Legal Side of Parliamentary Procedure,” Readings in Parliamentary Procedure.  New York: Harper & Rowe, 1968.

Oleck, Howard L.  Non-Profit Corporations, Organizations and Associations (5^th Edition 1988 & Supp. 1991).

Oleck, Howard L. and Cami Green.  Parliamentary Law and Practice for Nonprofit Organizations (Second Edition).  Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1991.

Rice, George P.  “Legal Aspects of Membership in Voluntary Associations,” Readings in Parliamentary Law.  Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1992.

Rivera-Rivera, Dominga.  “Condominium Law and Its Parliamentary Procedure Provisions,” Parliamentary Journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Volume XXXI, No. 3 (July 1990), 134.

Rivera-Rivera, Dominga.  Judicial Interpretation of Parliamentary Procedure in Associations and Clubs.  American Institute of Parliamentarians: Kensington, MD, 1994.

Soren, Marshall.  “Courts Rule for Voluntary Organizations on Controlling Own Procedures,” Parliamentary Journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Volume XXXVIII, No. 4 (October 1997), 143.

Sturgis, Alice.  The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (Fourth Edition).  New York: McGraw-Hill Professional Book Group, 2000.

Sturgis, Alice.  Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (Second Edition).  New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966.

Sussman, Bernard.  “Four Instructive Court Cases,” Parliamentary Journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Volume XXXVIII, No. 3 (July 1997), 97.

Sussman, Bernard.  “Some Parliamentary Lessons from Court Cases,” Parliamentary Journal of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, Volume XXXI, No. 3 (October 1994), 134.