Gullekson v. Personnel World

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• holding that the Salisbury Zoo Commission, a “charitable non-stock corporation” that was not created by statute, is “obligated to adhere to the [MPIA]” because its “many ties” to the City of Salisbury indicate that it is an instrumentality of the City
• relying on the fact that the Mayor and City Council of Salisbury had veto power over many of the relevant entity’s decisions
• Zoo Commission’s By-Laws gave veto power to City over proposals presented for approval by the Commission
• Open Meetings Act claims considered although filed more than 45 days after “alleged violation”
• municipal commission subject to PIA, given Mayor and City Council's role in appointment of members, City authority over budget and by-laws, and City's power to dissolve commission
• Mayor and City Council had the power to “make, alter, and repeal” the Zoo Commission’s By-Laws, and any changes that Commission members wished to make to the By-Laws had to be submitted to the Mayor and City Council for approval

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).