Legal Opinion
Feuer v. Merck & Co.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided June 1, 2018No. DOCKET NO. A–1262–16T3PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OSTRER, J.A.D.
*72This appeal involves the scope of a shareholder's right to inspect a corporation's records under N.J.S.A. 14A:5-28 and the common law. Plaintiff, a Merck & Co., Inc. shareholder, appeals from the *73dismissal of his complaint seeking various Merck corporate records. We conclude his demand exceeds the scope of "books and records of account, minutes, and record of shareholders," which the court was empowered to permit him to inspect under N.J.S.A. 14A:5-28(4). Plaintiff also misreads a 1988 amendment to the statute, which allows a court to limit a shareholder's *875inspection, rather…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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