Illinois Supreme Court· 11/13/1981
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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- In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability LitigationE.D. New York· 1984-09-25· cited 214×
- Burdinie v. Village of Glendale HeightsIllinois Supreme Court· 1990-11-30· cited 214×
- Gridley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court· 2005-11-17· cited 114×
- Paul H. Schwendener, Inc. v. Jupiter Electric Co.Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-05-11· cited 79×
- Storm & Associates, Ltd. v. CuculichAppellate Court of Illinois· 1998-08-28· cited 75×
- Osborne v. Subaru of America, Inc.California Court of Appeal· 1988-02-16· cited 74×
- Anderson v. Anchor Organization for Health MaintenanceAppellate Court of Illinois· 1995-08-24· cited 74×
- P.J.'s Concrete Pumping Service, Inc. v. Nextel West Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-01-27· cited 71×
- Grimes v. Vitalink Communications Corp.Third Circuit· 1994-03-09· cited 69×
- Martin v. Heinold Commodities, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-06-18· cited 68×
- Majumdar v. LurieAppellate Court of Illinois· 1995-07-20· cited 65×
- People Ex Rel. Hartigan v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court· 1992-04-16· cited 61×
- Gordon v. BodenAppellate Court of Illinois· 1991-12-26· cited 57×
- Purcell & Wardrope Chartered v. Hertz Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-11-21· cited 55×
- Serbin v. Ziebart International Corp.Third Circuit· 1993-11-30· cited 52×
- Smith v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 51×
- Clark v. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-10-01· cited 47×
- Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.E.D. New York· 2006-09-25· cited 47×
- Elliott v. ITT Corp.N.D. Illinois· 1992-11-12· cited 46×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
- World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 8,668×
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court· 1958-10-13· cited 7,025×
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 3,301×
- Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court· 1977-06-24· cited 2,976×
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court· 1940-11-12· cited 1,544×
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 955×
- Zahn v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court· 1973-12-17· cited 866×
- Steinberg v. Chicago Medical SchoolIllinois Supreme Court· 1977-12-12· cited 481×
- Hartford Life Insurance v. IBSSupreme Court· 1915-06-01· cited 98×
- Adams v. Jewel Companies, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-03-29· cited 78×
- Shutts v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Kansas· 1977-07-11· cited 65×
- Harrison Sheet Steel Co. v. LyonsIllinois Supreme Court· 1959-01-23· cited 65×
- McCabe v. BurgessIllinois Supreme Court· 1979-04-18· cited 58×
- Schlosser v. Allis-Chalmers Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 54×
- Newberry Library v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court· 1944-05-16· cited 54×
- Barliant v. Follett Corp.Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-10-06· cited 48×
- Hoover v. May Department Stores Co.Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-10-02· cited 37×
- Frank v. Teachers Insurance & Annuity Ass'n of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court· 1978-05-26· cited 27×
- Spirek v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois· 1978-09-25· cited 17×
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