Opinion ID: 2444522
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Brown has a right to the list under the Partnership Agreement.

Text: The parties to a Delaware limited partnership have broad discretion when drafting their partnership agreement. [6] DRULPA gives maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract and to the enforceability of partnership agreements. [7] Title Six, section 17-305 of the Delaware Code entitles limited partners to access partnership information and records if they make a reasonable demand for a purpose reasonably related to their interest as a limited partner. [8] Subsection (a) allows the general partner to establish reasonable standards governing the right to access information in the partnership agreement or otherwise. [9] Subsection (f) allows the general partner to restrict the rights of a limited partner to obtain information under § 17-305 in the partnership agreement. [10] Parkcentral asserts that the Partnership Agreement and § 17-305(a) authorizes the General Partners to establish reasonable standards governing access to information. [11] Parkcentral claims that the annual Privacy Notices constitute reasonably restrictive standards that permitted it to deny Brown's request. [12] Parkcentral cannot deny Brown's request based on its Privacy Notices. The Partnership Agreement expressly grants limited partners the right to access a list of the names and addresses of each partner. Brown complied with all the procedural requirements of § 9.1(b), which entitles Brown to the list of names and addresses. [13] The General Partner may not eliminate that right through unilaterally issued Privacy Notices. The General Partner's policy goes beyond reasonably governing access to information; it purports to deny completely a right granted in the Partnership Agreement. If the General Partner wished to bar access to the names and addresses of partners, it could have done so explicity in the Partnership Agreement under § 17-305(f).