Deere & Co. v. Finley

PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action seeking a writ of mandamus from the circuit court to compel Morgan M. Finley, clerk of the circuit court of Cook County, to allow plaintiff, Deere & Company, to inspect and copy the contents of the court file in a previously dismissed suit between International Harvester Company and Sperry Rand Corporation, both intervenors in this action. The trial court dismissed the mandamus action for the reason that the file in the previous case was impounded. We reverse and remand with directions.

In 1973, International Harvester…