<div dir="ltr"><div>It's true that the corporation is a separate entity. What I'm wondering is if that separate entity can legally be considered to have the value that my friend and I put into it's bylaws. It appears that the Supreme Court thinks it does. I can't say I really disagree. I am not a lawyer, though.<br>
<br></div>Paul<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>Let me put it to you simply, Mr. Rumelhart . . .</div>
<div><br></div><div>I will believe that corporations are people once Texas executes one.</div><div><br></div><div>In other words, by your own example . . .</div><div><br></div><div>Once you and your friend have incorporated yourselves. The corporation, although it is your (you and your friend) property, it is a separate entity as detailed in your company's "Articles of Incorporation", which is required in becoming a corporation</div>
<div><br></div><div>For example, the Mistra Corporation . . .</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:12CA34D7-1602-4134-9D47-9FAAFB3FCCAA" alt="image.png" height="853" width="640"></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:D5BE936E-2334-48E7-93C2-1017F248E61B" alt="image.jpeg" height="312" width="640"></div>
<div><br></div><div>Legal actions can be brought against the corporation without listing you or your friend. It is a separate entity.</div><div><br></div><div>Ok?<div class=""><br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div>
</div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div></div></div><div class=""><div><br>On Jul 3, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class=""><div dir="ltr"><div><div>So, walk me through this please.<br><br></div>Say I have a close friend and we have strong beliefs on a particular subject. We have an idea for a business, so we incorporate and describe our values on that particular subject in the by-laws of the corporation when we do the paperwork. Is it incorrect to say that the two of us together, as a corporation, can be said to have that particular value? If we then run into a situation where the government is trying to force us to do something that contradicts that value, can we not say that our corporation has a value that the government is trying to infringe upon? <br>
<br></div>Paul<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><photo.PNG></div><div class=""><div><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div>
</div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div>
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