CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NAT'L BK. v. BRACH

No. 78-731.

71 Ill. App.3d 789 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 373

CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HELEN VORHEES BRACH et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (JOHN H. CONWAY, Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed May 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pretzel, Stouffer, Nolan & Rooney, Chartered, of Chicago (Joseph B. Lederleitner and Robert Mark Chemers, of counsel), for appellant.

John Cadwalader Menk and Arthur M. Gorov, both of Chicago, for the Hon. George J. Schaller.

Howard H. Braverman and Clive M. Topol, both of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

John H. Conway appeals from a finding of contempt of court arising out of his refusal to comply with a discovery order. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred (1) in determining (a) that a document protected by the attorney-client privilege was discoverable and (b) that such document was relevant to the issues involved in the underlying litigation; (2) by accepting...

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