concerning another in communications prehminary to a proposed judicial proceeding, or in the institution of or during the course and as part of, a judicial proceeding in which he participates, if the matter has some relation to the proceeding.” Restatement (Second) of Torts § 5 e of Civil Procedure expressly permits “[a] corporation [to] prosecute as plaintiff *** any small claims proceeding in any court of this State through any officer, director, manager, department manager or supervisor of the corporation, as though such corporation were appearing in its proper person.” 735 ILCS 5/2 — 416 (West 2000). The appellate court is divided as to whether section 2 — 416 or Supreme Court Rule 282(b) controls. Compare Woerner v. Seneca Petroleum, Inc., 175 Ill. App. 3d 329, 331 (3d Dist. 1988) (<HOLDING>), with Real Estate Buyer’s Agents, Inc. v.
holding that our courts are bound by the united states supreme courts interpretation of the federal constitution holding that it is not our prerogative to overrule or ignore clearly written decisions of our supreme court holding that rule stating defendants right to appeal felony sentence did not take away broader rights of review recognized by the supreme court before adoption of the rule holding that a delay of more than four years caused largely by the state making pretrial appeals was reasonable under the circumstances holding that our legislature preempted the question of pro se representation of corporations by enacting section 2  416 almost four years prior to the supreme courts adoption of rule 282