PEOPLE EX REL. PHILLIPS PETROL. CO. v. GITCHOFF

No. 48242.

65 Ill.2d 249 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 534

THE PEOPLE ex rel. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Petitioner, v. JOHN GITCHOFF, Judge, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Owen and Marshall A. Susler, of Owen, Roberts, Susler & Taylor, of Decatur, for petitioner.

William H. Schrader, of Heinke & Schrader, of Chicago (William J. Harte, Ltd., and Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., of counsel), for respondents.


Writ denied; supervisory order entered.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This original petition for a writ of mandamus, which we permitted Phillips Petroleum Company to file, presents questions regarding the orderly and efficient administration of justice in the circuit court system of this State. A judge of the circuit court in Macon County, on Phillips' motion and over the objections of Norfolk and Western Railway Company...

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