HEIDELBERGER v. JEWEL COMPANIES, INC.

No. 46029.

57 Ill.2d 87 (1974)

312 N.E.2d 601

ELLIOT HEIDELBERGER et al., Appellees, v. JEWEL COMPANIES, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Groenke, Wilber H. Boies, and McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago, for appellants.

Elliot Heidelberger, pro se, and Donald Liebsker, Robert Greenburg, Edward Morris, and William J. Harte, all of Chicago, for appellee Elliot Heidelberger.

Francis E. Goodman and Joseph F. Phelan, of Chicago, for appellees Mary Jo Neville et al.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In two class actions, which were consolidated for trial in the circuit court of Cook County, plaintiffs sought injunctive relief and a refund of check-cashing fees paid to defendant, Jewel Companies, Inc. The complaints alleged as a basis for the relief sought that defendant's cashing of checks for persons in its grocery stores for a fee of five cents per check constituted...

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