People Ex Rel. Fisher v. Carey

James Doherty, public defender of Cook County, filed this class action, on behalf of Arthur Fisher and others who have been or will be charged with criminal offenses, to enjoin Bernard Carey, the State’s Attorney of Cook County, from intercepting subpoenaed police reports. The State’s Attorney filed a third-party action to enjoin the public defender from causing the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum upon the police department. The circuit court of Cook County, in a written opinion, denied both requests for injunctions, but held that the public defender must first seek production of the police…