The client, Mr. David Keys, would like to know what state law provides concerning the removal of a director from the board of directors of a corporation. Prepare an information letter to Mr. Keys summarizing the requirements of the removal statute. Draft the letter for the signature of your supervisory attorney, Alice Black. Use the letterhead presented in the Application section of this chapter. Mr. Keys's address is 761 South Vine Street, Sunnydale, NW 00066.
Statute: New Washington Statutes Annotated § 77-11-22. Removal of directors: At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, directors may be removed in the manner provided in this section. Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.