In regard to your comment which I've often seen repeated:

. . . "if someone/group were to bring suit against the BoD, the first, immediate effect upon such act being made public, would be that the PPS would plummet. "

If by "plummet" you are referring to a cataclysmic drop of . . . ohh let's say 5.5 cents - you could well be right. I think anyone taking such action may well believe it's worth that "risk".