Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Phillips County Circuit Court

Summary

The court granted extraordinary relief and vacated an order compelling Cooper Tire to respond to extensive discovery and denying its motions for protective orders. It held that a timely motion for protective order preserved Cooper Tire's objections and excused its failure to serve individual discovery responses, particularly because the requests implicated potentially protected trade secrets. The court also held that certiorari was appropriate because the dispute involved the interaction between discovery procedures and legal protections for trade secrets.