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Theatre District Realty Corp., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Ilana Appleby, Defendant–Appellant.
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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered on or about August 22, 2013, which granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment declaring that the sale of its building does not require the consent of a super-majority of its shareholders pursuant to Business Corporation Law (BCL) § 909(a), and so declared, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion denied, and it is declared that the sale of the building requires the consent of a super-majority of the shareholders pursuant to BCL § 909(a).
BCL § 909(a) governs the disposition of all or substantially all of a corporation's assets, “if not made in the usual or regular course of the business actually conducted by such corporation.” Since plaintiff has never been engaged in the business of selling real estate, the sale of its building would not be made in the regular course of the business it “actually conduct [s]” (see Matter of McKay v. Teleprompter Corp., 19 A.D.2d 815 [1st Dept 1963], appeal dismissed 13 N.Y.2d 1058 [1963]; Vig v. Deka Realty Corp., 143 A.D.2d 185 [2d Dept 1988], lv denied 73 N.Y.2d 708 [1989] ).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
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CLERK
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Docket No: 1255 3
Decided: May 22, 2014
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
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