People v. Anaconda Wire & Cable Co.

Order, entered on June 17, 1963, granting motion of defendants Anaconda Wire and Cable Company, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation to examine a witness before trial, unanimously reversed on the law and on the facts, with $20 costs and disbursements to plain tiffs-appellants, and the motion denied. Respondents have failed to establish special circumstances. (CPLR, § 3101, subd. [a], par. [4].) Counsel’s letter dated December 28, 1962 to the New York City Transit Authority requested permission to interview its employees and officials regarding defendants’ threats not to submit bids in…