People Ex Rel. Daley v. Datacom Systems Corp.

According to an interim report by the Traffic Court Task Force, issued on January 31, 1985, to the Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, the City of Chicago (City) had approximately 34 million unpaid parking tickets pending in its traffic court. One day prior to the issuance of this report, the City entered into a contract with Datacom Systems Corporation (Datacom), a New York corporation, in which Datacom agreed to evaluate the City’s parking management system and collect the monies due on the delinquent parking tickets.

On February 26, 1986, the Cook County…