McCormick v. Statler Hotels Delaware Corp.

This was a petition for writ of mandamus filed in the circuit court of Cook County by Harold J. McCormick, a shareholder, to compel Staffer Hotels Delaware Corporation and its. secretary, William J. Friedman, to permit plaintiff to examine the corporation’s list of shareholders. In addition, the complaint sought recovery of the penalty provided in section 45 of the Illinois Business Corporation Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 32, par. 157.45,) for defendants’ allegedly wrongful refusal to allow plaintiff to examine the list. Undisputed facts established by the pleadings showed that the…