Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Miskinis

418 Mich. 708 (1984)

344 N.W.2d 788

PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION

v.

MISKINIS

Docket No. 67943, (Calendar No. 4).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued May 3, 1983.

Decided March 19, 1984.

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, P.C. (by Dennis B. Schultz), for the plaintiffs.

Arthur J. Hass for the defendants.

BOYLE, J.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether Joseph Miskinis, Jr., as custodian of corporate and partnership books and records, can withhold production of those documents in a civil action on the ground that there is a possibility that the documents will be personally incriminating to him, thus…