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journals, general ledgers, or trial balances for Holding Co. for
the years 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985 (partial), 1986, 1987, 1988, and
1989. Respondent sought the records because the Five made
payments to Holding Co. during those years.
When the trustees of Kanter's family trusts, Baskes and
Weisgal, were asked to produce documents, they, likewise, failed
to do so on the ground that they did not have the requested
information in their possession.
Gallenberger took the position that a request for documents
in the possession of Principal Services was a request for the
documents of Principal Services, and not the records maintained
by Principal Services for Kanter or Kanter-related entities. She
claimed that Principal Services had a policy of refusing to turn
documents over to anyone other than the owner.
OPINION
By this point, the complexity of these cases is apparent.
That complexity is reflected in the sheer magnitude of the record
and is exacerbated by the contentiousness of the parties. The
trial in these consolidated cases lasted almost 5 weeks, and
produced a transcript of 5,411 pages. The parties' combined
briefs contain 4,668 pages and address over 40 issues. We have
plodded through thousands of exhibits containing hundreds of
thousands of pages. Not surprisingly, our task of finding the
facts has been laborious and frequently frustrating.
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