Kuiper v. District Court of the Eighth Judicial District

Plaintiff, Dennis Kuiper (relator), served requests for admission asking Goodyear to admit the genuineness of documents in the possession of both defendant and relator and sought by deposition to orally examine the defendant’s executives. Defendant, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Goodyear), filed a motion seeking a protective order. The District Court granted the protective order, thereby preventing the relator from discovering the documents and compelling the answers.

The relator petitioned for a writ of supervisory control. On April 16, 1981, this Court entered an order accepting the…