La Monte v. Smith

Order appealed from unanimously modified, in the exercise of discretion, as hereinafter provided, without costs. In this action to set aside the election of officers and directors of a union, plaintiff sought an examination before trial in an attempt to establish irregularities in the distribution of ballots. Judicial policy favors permitting parties upon a proper showing to obtain information necessary and relevant to the conduct of their eases. However, even where there is no legal privilege against disclosure, certain types of information, confidential in nature, or subject to abuses if…