The North Carolina's Supreme Court's recently issued opinion in  Azure Dolphin, LLC v. Barton, 2018 N.C. LEXIS 1036 caught my eye because it involved an interpretation of California Corporations Code Section 15910.02 which establishes the pleading requirements for a derivative suit involving a California limited partnership:

"A partner may bring a derivative action to enforce a right of a limited partnership if:

(1) the partner first makes a demand on the general partners, requesting that they cause the limited partnership to bring an action to enforce the right, and the general partners do not bring the action within a reasonable time; or

(2) a demand would be futile."

According to the court, the statute requires that a plaintiff also allege "the basis for any claim of futility in any derivative complaint that he or she elects to file on behalf of a limited liability company or a limited partnership".

However, I question whether the statute was applicable to the California defendants.  The court describes the two California entities as California limited partnerships.  However, I did not find any matching entries for either defendant using the California Secretary of State's online business search.  To make matters even more confusing, the name given in the case caption for one of the entities indicates that it is a  limited liability partnership and not a limited partnership.  Thus, in the words of Winston Churchill, I am left with a "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".  BBC Broadcast, Oct. 1, 1939.