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Tulip Valley Farms operator Andrew Miller filed for dismissal of all claims made by Spinach Bus Venture Group, owners of Tulip Town, in Skagit Superior Court April 25. His 15 page memorandum of law filed in support of his motion again cites the 2019 operating agreement the then partners signed: “Any Member or Manager may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of every nature and description, independently or with others, including but not limited to, the ownership, financing, or management, employment by, lending to, or otherwise participating in businesses that are similar to the business of the Company, and neither the Company, any Manager, nor the Unit Holders shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent ventures or to the income or profits therefrom.”

Miller’s Bellingham attorney, Mark Lee, refutes in detail each of the six claims made, concluding in each summary a variation of “regardless of the merits of the requested relief, it is not available under the circumstances presented in this case, and it should be stricken.”

Lawyers for Spinach Bus Ventures Group had not filed any documents through May 2. May 5 is the deadline for a response.