ESPINOZA v. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

No. 208, 2011.

32 A.3d 365 (2011)

Ernesto ESPINOZA, Plaintiff-Below, Appellant, v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, Defendant-Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake A. Bennett, Esquire , of Cooch & Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Felipe J. Arroyo (argued) and Gregory E. Del Gaizo, Esquires , of Robbins Umeda LLP, San Diego, California; for Appellant.

Peter J. Walsh, Jr. , Stephen C. Norman and R. Christian Walker, Esquires , of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Steven M. Schatz (argued), Boris Feldman and Katherine L. Henderson, Esquires , of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California; Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Esquire , of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for Appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, and VAUGHN, President Judge, constituting the Court en Banc.


JACOBS, Justice:

Ernesto Espinoza ("Espinoza"), the appellant and plaintiff-below, brought this action under 8 Del. C. § 220 to inspect certain books and records of the defendant-below appellee, Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP").2 More specifically, Espinoza sought to inspect one document that HP refused voluntarily to disclose: an interim report (the "Covington Report" or the "Report") prepared by Covington & Burling, HP...

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