Case Name: In the Matter of Lester Martin, Respondent, against Columbia Pictures Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1954-12-03
Citations: 307 N.Y. 922
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Lester Martin, Respondent, against Columbia Pictures Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 922–924

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Lester Martin, Respondent, against Columbia Pictures Corporation, Appellant.
Argued October 21, 1954;
decided December 3, 1954.
Ferdinand Pécora and David E. Eorowvts for appellant.
Meier StembrinJc, Earry Eeller, William, Gellin and Max M. Bernstein for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Lewis, Ch. J., Desmond, Dye and Froessed, JJ. Conway, Fund and Van Voorhis, JJ., dissent in the following memorandum: While we, of course, agrée that " the Supreme Court has power, in its sound discretion, upon good cause shown ", to direct an inspection of corporate books (Matter of Steinway, 159 N. Y. 250, 265; see, also, Matter of Durr v. Paragon Trading Corp., 270 N. Y. 464), we do not believe that such cause was shown to exist in this case to justify the order that was made.