Illinois Supreme Court· 1/20/1981
Williams v. A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
Citations
- 416 N.E.2d 252
- 83 Ill. 2d 559
- 48 Ill. Dec. 221
- 1981 Ill. LEXIS 225
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[t]he parties shall facilitate discovery under these rules and shall make reasonable attempts to resolve differences over discovery.”
- the Illinois rules “contemplate that discovery will generally - 11 - 1-19-1128 proceed without judicial intervention and that the great majority of discovery questions will be resolved by counsel themselves”
- “Discovery is not a tactical game, and [the Rules] provides remedies against unreasonable opponents. Discovery is intended to be, and should be, a cooperative undertaking by counsel and the parties *** for the purposes of ascertaining the merits of the case.
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Judges: Underwood, Simon
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