California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Eicherly v. Palm Beach Park Ass'n, G052396 (Cal. App. 2018):
"The appropriate test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason." (Shamblin v. Brattain (1988) 44 Cal.3d 474, 478-479.) Considered under such a standard, the trial judge's decision was certainly reasonable. The election was fundamentally fair, even if the bylaws on secret ballots were not followed.
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