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In the Matter of Neville v. Martin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 23, 2006
29 A.D.3d 444 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

8571.

May 23, 2006.

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy S. Friedman, J.), entered February 17, 2006, granting the petition to dissolve respondent T.E.G. Management Corporation, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Paul Ambos, New York, for appellant.

Kaye Scholer LLP, New York (Richard C. Seltzer and Wendy S. Dowse of counsel), for James Neville, respondent.

Before: Friedman, J.P., Sullivan, Williams, Sweeny and McGuire, JJ., Concur.


The grant of the dissolution petition pursuant to Business Corporation Law § 1104 (a) (2) was proper given the record evidence of dissension between the two 50% shareholders of the subject close corporation. This evidence left no doubt that the corporation could not continue to function effectively ( see Matter of Gordon Weiss, 32 AD2d 279, 281). That the dissension had no appreciable impact on the firm's profitability was not a sufficient ground for the petition's denial ( see Business Corporation Law § 1111 [b] [3]; Molod v. Berkowitz, 233 AD2d 149, 150, lv dismissed 89 NY2d 1029). Since there was no real dispute that dissension and deadlock existed, no hearing was necessary ( see Matter of Gordon Weiss, 32 AD2d at 280).


Summaries of

In the Matter of Neville v. Martin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 23, 2006
29 A.D.3d 444 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

In the Matter of Neville v. Martin

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JAMES NEVILLE, as Executor of EUGENE F. MARTIN, JR.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 23, 2006

Citations

29 A.D.3d 444 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 4001
815 N.Y.S.2d 91

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