Martin v. Columbia Pictures Corp.

This petitioner, who became a stockholder of the corporation, respondent-appellant, in July, 1952, seeks a broad examination and inspection of all the minute books, books of account, records and papers of Columbia Pictures Corporation without restriction of any kind, and covering a period of many years before petitioner was a stockholder. An examination of the record of the hearings before the learned Special Referee does not change my view heretofore expressed (see dissenting opinion in Matter of Martin v. Columbia Pictures Corp., 282 App. Div. 686) that this examination is not for a proper…