Legal Opinion
Williams Real Estate Co. v. Viking Penguin, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 6, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered October 24, 1994, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendants’ motion to compel plaintiff to produce certain documents requested in defendants’ Second Notice for Discovery and Inspection, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
*28While CPLR 3101 (a) requires "full disclosure of all matter material and necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action”, the test is one of usefulness and reason, measured by whether the information sought is sufficiently related to the issues in litigation to make the effort to obtain it in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Allen v. Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Rios v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- Ehrlich v. EhrlichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- U.S. Ice Cream Corp. v. Carvel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Bohlen Capital Holdings, S.A. v. Standard Coal Co. N.V.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
3Cited by1 opinion
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