Dusel v. Castellani

Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Special Term properly ordered the appellant corporation and its president to make available to petitioner director certain records of the corporation. Matter of Cohen v. Cocoline Prods. (309 N. Y. 119) asserts the reason for this unqualified right (p. 123) in this statement: “Because of these positive duties and potential liabilities, the courts of this State have accorded to corporate directors an absolute, unqualified right, having its roots in the common law, to inspect their corporate books and records [citing cases] ”. (See, also,…