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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,587, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAW E, Plaintiff: MILSTEIN, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017587, Milstein, Insurance Brokerage, Philip, Books, Philip Milstein, Memorandum, Insurance, Delaware, York, Del, Financials, Sale, Directors, Subsidiaries, Milstein Dep, Douglas Elliman, Howard, Thier, Demand, Plaintiff Philip, Inspection, Purpose, Edward Milstein, Complaints, Buckley Dep, Complaint, Stockholder, Officer, Weil, Pretrial Memorandum, North Market Street, Proceeding, Shareholder, Demand Letters, Allegations, Employee, Citations, American Cement, Market Street Jonathan, Pine Street , ContentID: 120240617

Case Documents
1 2000-01-31 PLAINTIFFS PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM OF LAW
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23 pages
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2 2000-01-31 DEFENDANTS PRE-TRIAL BRIEF
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28 pages
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3 1999-11-30 ANSWER
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5 pages
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4 1999-11-16 COMPLAINT UNDER 8 DEL. C. SEC 220
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5 pages
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Total Documents: 4 documents , 61 pages
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1 . PLAINTIFFS PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM OF LAW

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
PHILIP
MEMORANDUM
INSURANCE
DELAWARE
LAW
INSURANCE BROKERAGE
BOOKS
FINANCIALS
HOWARD
YORK
SALE
DIRECTORS
PLAINTIFF PHILIP
THIER
MILSTEIN DEP
EDWARD MILSTEIN
BUCKLEY DEP
DEFENDANT
PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM
NORTH MARKET STREET
PROCEEDING
SUBSIDIARIES
SHAREHOLDER
MARKET STREET JONATHAN
PINE STREET
CONTROLLING DIRECTORS
DOUGLAS ELLIMAN
COMPLAINTS
ATTORNEYS
         IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                         IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,                   >

                       Plaintiff,      I>
              V.                                Civil Action No:-%%%6=NC  -'
                                       1
DEC INSURANCE BROKERAGE CORP.,  >

                       Defendant.      i1
PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,                    1j                                     :-_          1..
                                       >                                             ^.
                       Plaintiff,
                                      i
              V.                       >        Civil Action No.  17587-NC  d

DE COMMERCIAL, INC.,                   i

                       Defendant.


              PLAINTIFF'S PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM OF LAW




                                             POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
                                               Robert K. Payson
OF COUNSEL:                                    Philip A. Rovner
                                               Hercules Plaza, Sixth Floor
Gerard M. Meistrell                            13 13 North Market Street
Jonathan D. Thier                              P.O. Box 95 1
CAHILL GORDON  & REINDEL                       Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Eighty Pine Street
New York, NY 10005-I 702                       Attorneys for Plaintiff Philip L. Milstein


Dated: January 3 1,2OOO



                                                                                     TABLE OF


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SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • DEC INSURANCE BROKERAGE CORP.,>
  • Defendant.
  • i1 PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,
  • PLAINTIFF'S PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM OF LAW
  • 13 13 North Market Street Jonathan D. Thier
  • Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Eighty Pine Street New York, NY 10005-I 702
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff Philip L. Milstein
  • .-NATURE AND STAGE OF PROCEEDING.
  • The Sale of the Companies' Assets.
  • The Companies' Inadequate Response to the Complaints.
  • THE COMPANIES' BOOKS AND RECORDS.

  • 2 . DEFENDANTS PRE-TRIAL BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PHILIP MILSTEIN
    DEL
    INSURANCE BROKERAGE
    COURT
    BOOKS
    YORK
    DEFENDANTS
    COUNSEL
    PURPOSE
    DOUGLAS ELLIMAN
    WEIL
    INSPECTION
    FINANCIALS
    SALE
    DEMAND LETTERS
    CITATIONS
    AMERICAN CEMENT
    DEPOSITION
    ASSET SALES
    COMPLAINTS
    AFFILIATE
    STOCKHOLDER
    FAMILY-OWNED HOLDING COMPANY
    MILSTEIN DEP
    MANGES LLP
    YORK RESEARCH
    VAN GORKOM
    MISSOURI-KAN
    UNAUDITED COMBINED STATEMENTS
    
               IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELA
    
                          IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,                 ::
                       Plaintiff,                                -. /
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    DEC INSURANCE BROKERAGE CORP., :
    
                       Defendant.       :::
    PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,                 ::
                       Plaintiff,       :
         V.                             :      C.A. No. 17587            J
                                        :
    DE COMMERCIAL, INC.,                ::
                       Defendant.       :
    
                           DEFENDANTS' PRE-TRIAL BRIEF
    
                                      MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL
                                      A. Gilchrist Sparks, III
                                      S. Mark Hurd
                                      1201 N. Market Street
                                      P.O. Box 1347
                                      Wilmington, DE      19899-1347
                                      (302) 658-9200
                                        Attorneys for Defendants
    OF COUNSEL:
    
    Greg A. Danilow
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
    767 Fifth Avenue
    New York, NY 10153
    (212) 310-8000
    
    January 31, 2000
    
    
    
                                                                                1.
    
    
                                       TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
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    TABLE OF CITATIONS                                                          ii
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELA
  • OF COUNSEL:
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • F. What Plaintiff Wants That He Has Not
  • Search Capital Groua, Inc., Del.
  • Landqarten v. York Research Corp.,
  • DEC Insurance Brokerage Corp. and DE Commercial,
  • had been made available weeks before his deposition,
  • Inc. is a highlysuccessful family-owned holding company that previously held
  • The facts are taken from the following sources: plaintiff's complaints (because both of
  • Douglas Elliman Commercial,
  • As a result of the Asset Sales,
  • the full ten-year period of its existence (the "Demand Letters")
  • he seeks are for "a purpose reasonably related to position
  • books and records "from and after the date of the incorporation
  • Philip Milstein, the Director.
  • Additional stockholder and director consents not included in the
  • unaudited financials (balance sheets, statements of revenues and
  • unaudited combined statements of cash
  • Purchase Agreement relating to the sale of the Douglas Elliman
  • told him to do (Milstein Dep.
  • nothing to do with his service as a director of these nonoperating defendants.
  • inspection of the categories of books and records identified in
  • Plaintiff's reliance on the 1944 decision in State ex rel. Dixon v. Missouri-Kan.
  • and Henshaw v. American Cement Corp.,
  • each of which is a subsidiary or affiliate of the
  • Landqarten v. York Research Corp.,
  • Smith v. Van Gorkom,

  • 3 . ANSWER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ALLEGATIONS
    PARAGRAPH
    DEMAND
    DEFENDANT
    DENIES
    ADMITS
    PURPORTED DEMAND
    RESPONSE
    COURT
    DELAWARE
    PHILIP MILSTEIN
    LAW
    COUNSEL
    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
    ESQUIRE
    LLP
    CERTIFICATE
    EXHIBIT
    BOOKS
    PLAINTIFF
    OVERBROAD
    DOUGLAS
    ELLIMAN
    AFFILIATES
    BOARD MEETINGS
    SHAREHOLDER CONSENTS
    WAIVERS
    DEPARTMENT PROFIT
    LOSS STATEMENTS
    
               IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                           IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    
    PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,                    ::
                        Plaintiff,         ::
         V.                                : C.A . No. 17587
                                           ..
    DE COMMERCIAL, INC.,                   :.
                        Defendant.
    
    
    
                                        ANSWER
    
                  DE    Commercial,      Inc.     (the    "Corporation" or
    
    "Defendant"), by and through its undersigned counsel,            hereby
    
    answers the numbered paragraphs of the Complaint as follows:
    
                  1.    Admits    the allegations of I?aragraph 1 of the
    
    Complaint.
    
                  2.    Admits    the allegations of  I?aragraph 2 of the
    
    Complaint.
    
                  3.    Denies the allegations of I?aragraph 3 of the
    
    Complaint except admits that Philip Milstein delivered a written
    
    demand purporting to comply with  5 220 of the Delaware General
    
    Corporation Law on or about November 3, 1999 and that a copy of
    
    that demand is annexed as Exhibit A to the Complaint.
    
    
    
                  4.     Denies the allegations of Paragraph 4 of the
    
    Complaint.
    
                  5.     Denies the allegations of Paragraph 5 of the
    
    Complaint,
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • answers the numbered paragraphs of the Complaint as follows:
  • Admits the allegations of I?aragraph 1 of the
  • Denies the allegations of I?aragraph 3 of the
  • demand purporting to comply with 5 220 of the Delaware General
  • that demand is annexed as Exhibit A to the Complaint.
  • Denies the allegations of Paragraph 4 of the
  • Complaint except admits that Defendant has not yet made books
  • 1999 and admits that counsel for Mr. Philip Milstein
  • legal conclusion to which no response is required.
  • The purported demand is overbroad and burdensome
  • minutes of board meetings and director
  • and shareholder consents and waivers, and for the years 1998 and
  • Elliman, Inc. and affiliates for the year ended December 31,
  • 1998 and the department profit & loss statements, by month, for
  • the twelve months ended December 31, 1998 of Douglas Elliman,
  • SECOND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
  • Delaware law to the extent it seeks the book:s and records of any
  • the overbroad and virtually limitless demand for information.
  • Enter judgment against Plaintiff and in favor of
  • CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
  • Robert K. Payson, Esquire
  • Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP

  • 4 . COMPLAINT UNDER 8 DEL. C. SEC 220

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SUBSIDIARIES
    DEMAND
    BOOKS
    EMPLOYEE
    DIRECTORS
    AGENT
    MILSTEIN
    STOCKHOLDER
    COURT
    YORK
    INSPECTION
    PARTNERSHIP
    THIER
    REQUESTS
    PLAINTIFF
    MEMBER
    BUSINESS
    CAPITAL STOCK
    ASSET SALE
    INDEMNIFICATION
    EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT
    CERTIFICATE
    INCORPORATION
    BY-LAWS
    PURSUANT
    DGCL
    PROVISION
    CONTRACT
    SUIT
    
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                 
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    PHILIP L. MILSTEIN,                                   >>
                                  Plaintiff,              >>
                         V.                               >       Civil Action No.: / CT5 :v 7 -NCC
                                                          >
    DE COMMERCIAL, INC.,                                  >>
                                  Defendant.              >
    
    
                                        COMPLAINT UNDER 8 DEL.C. 6220
    
                   1.          Plaintiff Philip L. Milstein ("Mr. Milstein") is and at all times
    
    was a member of the board of directors of defendant DE Commercial, Inc. ("DE" or the
    
    "Company").
    
                   2.             DE is a Delaware corporation. Upon information and belief, DE's
    
    principal place of business is located at 575 Madison Avenue, 3'd Floor, New York, New York
    
    10022.
    
                   3.              On November 3, 1999, Mr. Milstein delivered a written demand (the
    
    "Demand") to DE, made under oath in accordance with $220 of the Delaware General
    
    Corporation Law, demanding the right to inspect and copy any and all of DE's books and records
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAW@$E;;;
  • was a member of the board of directors of defendant DE Commercial,
  • principal place of business is located at 575 Madison Avenue, 3'd Floor, New York, New York
  • "Demand") to DE, made under oath in accordance with $220 of the Delaware General
  • Election of officers and directors of the Company and the members of any committee of the
  • payment or declaration of any dividend or distribution on or with respect to any capital
  • The authorization or approval or ratification by the Board of Directors of the Company or any
  • modification or restatement of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company.
  • Any payments made to or on behalf of an officer, director, employee or agent of the Company ibution or expense reimbursement.
  • Any transfers of or registrations on the books and records of the Company of interests in the
  • partnership, trust, joint venture or other legal entity in which any officer,
  • which any such officer, director, employee, agent or stockholder serves as
  • Any contract or transaction which was, would have been or would be
  • subject to or governed by Section 144 of the DGCL.
  • The inspection that Mr. Milstein seeks is for a proper purpose under $220
  • Thier, confirmed that, by failing to acknowledge Mr. Milstein's "right of inspection and to
  • Mr. Thier notified DE that Mr. Milstein was prepared to file suit
  • plaintiff respectfully requests that this Court enter an Order as
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