The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal

This appeal arises out of a dispute between two factions of the former Board of Directors of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers College; the Spence Group and the Sloan Group. The Spence Group filed a derivative action against both the College and the Sloan Group seeking removal of the Sloan Group from the College’s Board and a declaration that the Spence Group constituted the duly acting Board. The district court found the Spence Group lacked standing to bring the derivative action and granted the Sloan Group’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The notable Mr. Spence founded the organization in 1993

At some point, tensions developed between members of the College’s Board of Directors. The parties disagree whether those tensions stemmed from concerns with alleged deviations from the College’s mission by some directors, or the refusal of some directors to approve the use of College savings to build an education center in Gerry Spence’s honor. Whatever their genesis, those tensions came to a head in April 2020.