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Miner v. Gillette Co.

Citations

  • 428 N.E.2d 478
  • 87 Ill. 2d 7
  • 56 Ill. Dec. 886
  • 1981 Ill. LEXIS 368

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  • a class action was certified that included nonresidents of Illinois and involved several counts, including one based on Illinois’s Consumer Fraud Act
  • purpose of a class action suit is to allow a representative party to pursue the claims of a large number of persons with like claims
  • purpose of a class action suit is to allow a representative party to pursue the claims of a large number of persons with like claims
  • a class action was certified that included nonresidents of Illinois and involved several counts, including one based on Illinois's Consumer Fraud Act
  • where plaintiff’s claim was predicated upon a series of essentially identical transactions by thousands of class members, and the individual questions postulated by defendant were “mere hypotheticals,” such hypotheticals did not bar the action
  • where plaintiff’s claim was predicated upon a series of essentially identical transactions by thousands of class members, and the individual questions postulated by defendant were “mere hypotheticals,” such hypotheticals did not bar the action

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Judges: Moran, Ryan, Underwood

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