Dunham v. Ottinger

Hiscock, Ch. J.

The plaintiff, who is a stockbroker engaged in selling various kinds of negotiable securities, has brought this action to restrain the defendant, as Attorney-General of the State, from examining him and his books under a subpoena and order which had been issued under the provisions of article 23-A of the General Business Law (Cons. Laws, chap. 20), sometimes known as the Martin Law and popularly described as the “ Blue Sky Law.” The demand for this relief is based on the theory that the statute is unconstitutional and void and this question of its validity is the one which is…