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CENTER PARTNERS, LTD. v. GROWTH HEAD GP

Nos. 113107, 113128.

981 N.E.2d 345 (2012)

2012 IL 113107

367 Ill. Dec. 20

CENTER PARTNERS, LTD., et al., Appellees, v. GROWTH HEAD GP, LLC, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gino L. DiVito , Karina Zabicki DeHayes , Brian C. Haussmann and John M. Fitzgerald , Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, Chicago, IL, John S.Kiernan , Carl Riehl and William H. Taft V , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for appellants Westfield et al.

Lynn H. Murray , Laura K. McNally , Pei Y. Chung and Claudia M. Rustad , Grippo & Elden LLC, Chicago, IL, David Lender and Jason Bonk , New York, NY, Thomas C. Frongillo , Boston, MA, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, for appellants The Rouse Company et al.

Jeffrey L. Willian , Alyssa A. Qualls and S. Maja Fabula , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Michael A. Pollard , Baker & McKenzie LLP, and Kevin M. Forde , Chicago, IL for appellees.

Stephen R. Swofford , Thomas P. McGarryand   Nabil G. Foster , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae Illinois State Bar Association et al.

Andrew Kopon Jr. , Mollie E. Werwas and Stacy M. Kramer , KoponAirdo, LLC, Michael Resis , SmithAmundsen LLC, Chicago, IL, Mary-Christine Sungaila , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA, for amici curiae International Association of Defense Counsel and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendants appeal from a circuit court of Cook County order that granted plaintiffs' motion to compel the production of certain documents containing privileged attorney-client communications.1 Defendants refused to comply with the court's order to compel production of documents and were found in contempt...

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