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Revision allowed: compatibility of municipal instructions with company law

BVerwG 8 B 78/09, 8 B 78/09 (8 C 16/10)Bverwg / Division 8Jun 30, 2010Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court upheld the complainants' complaint against the refusal to admit revision. It found that the case has fundamental significance because revision must clarify whether supervisory board members of a municipality-participated GmbH, elected on the municipality's proposal, may be subject to instructions and whether such instruction-binding is compatible with company law, in particular Section 52 GmbHG.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; complaint against denial of leave to appeal; fundamental significance exists where a revisable legal question is in need of clarification for the appellate proceedings. A question is capable of conferring fundamental significance if it concerns the compatibility of municipal instruction-binding of supervisory board members in a municipality-participated GmbH with company law, especially § 52 GmbHG, and has not yet been clarified in supreme court case law.

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BVerwG — 8 B 78/09, 8 B 78/09 (8 C 16/10), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2010-06-30

Aktenzeichen: 8 B 78/09, 8 B 78/09 (8 C 16/10)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 52 GmbHG, § 132 Abs 2 Nr 1 VwGO

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, 24. April 2009, Az: 15 A 2592/07, Entscheidung

Spruchkörper: 8. Senat

Titelzeile

Revisionszulassung; Vereinbarkeit von Weisungsgebundenheit und Gesellschaftsrecht

Gründe

1 Die Beschwerde der Kläger gegen die Nichtzulassung der Revision ist begründet. Die Rechtssache hat die geltend gemachte grundsätzliche Bedeutung im Sinne des § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO. Sie wirft die im Revisionsverfahren voraussichtlich klärungsbedürftige Frage auf, ob eine Weisungsgebundenheit der auf Vorschlag der Gemeinde gewählten Mitglieder des Aufsichtsrates einer GmbH, an der die Gemeinde beteiligt ist, mit Gesellschaftsrecht, insbesondere mit § 52 GmbHG vereinbar ist.

Keywords

revision admissibilityfundamental significancemunicipal enterprisesupervisory boardinstruction bindingcompany law

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the complaint against denial of leave to appeal is well-founded because the case raises a question of fundamental significance.

Extracted holding

Yes. The complaint is well-founded because the case raises a revisable legal question of fundamental importance under Section 132(2)(1) VwGO.

Extracted reasoning

The court held that the case requires clarification in revision, namely whether supervisory board members of a municipal-interest GmbH, elected on the municipality's proposal, may be bound by instructions and whether this is compatible with company law, especially Section 52 GmbHG.

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