Espinoza v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

JACOBS, Justice:

Ernesto Espinoza (“Espinoza”), the appellant and plaintiff-below, brought this action under 8 Del. C. § 220 to inspect certain books and records of the defendant-below appellee, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”).2 More specifically, Espinoza sought to inspect one document that HP refused voluntarily to disclose: an interim report (the “Covington Report” or the “Report”) prepared by Covington & Burling, HP’s outside counsel. The Cov-ington Report was prepared in connection with an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against HP’s former Chief Executive…