§1717

The District Court held that these counts, to the extent they went against present and former directors of BPSI, were direct claims barred by BCL § 1717 (which provides that the duties of the directors are solely to the corporation and which, the District Court explained, “may not be enforced directly by a shareholder.”).

1717 did not provide an association with the unconditional right to intervene in a school desegregation case);10 7C Wright & Miller, Federal Practice & Procedure, sec. 1906, at 245 (2d ed. 1986) (suggesting that section 7424 does not provide the United States with an unconditional right to intervene in cases 8(...continued) “Representatives of

1717 did not provide an association with the unconditional right to intervene in a school desegregation case); 7C Wright & Miller, Federal Practice & Procedure, sec. 1906, at 245 (2d ed. 1986) (suggesting that section 7424 does not provide the United States with an unconditional right to intervene in cases involving a tax lien inasmuch as the