Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 18, 2002 (Barbour v. Knecht)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J.

Plaintiff, a disgruntled minority shareholder in a corporation that essentially acts as a cooperative corporation, brought this action, individually and, purportedly, on behalf of other shareholders, against the corporation and three individuals, Gabriele Knecht, the corporation’s majority shareholder and one of its three directors, and Christopher Muto and Naomi