The Court then went a step further, by explicitly uncoupling its holding from the repurchase provision in the shareholders' agreement, as follows: Under the established common-law rule—and without any reference to the shareholders' agreement—the corporation had the right to discharge plaintiff at will (Sabetay v Sterling Drug, 69 NY2d 329, 333; O'Connor v Eastman Kodak Co., 65 NY2d 724, 725;… [read post]