District Court, S.D. New York June 3, 2002, No. 95 Civ. 10742(SWK)(RLE) (Grandon v. Merrill Lynch & Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

ELLIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Before this Court is a letter application by plaintiffs, Dr. Stanley C. Grandon (“Gran-don”) and other similarly-situated plaintiffs (collectively, “the plaintiffs”), seeking to obtain the algorithms used by Merrill Lynch (“Merrill”) during the class period for the calculation of equity commissions and municipal