Alfred Kohlberg, Inc. v. American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc.

Claiming to be a member of the American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc., a nonprofit membership corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, petitioner seeks an order in the nature of mandamus directing the council to make available the names and addresses of the other members. The learned Special Term denied the application on the ground that the court was without power to exercise any visitorial right with respect to a foreign corporation, relying on Matter of Rappleye (43 App. Div. 84). In that case the Court of Appeals did not pass upon the…