JOHNSON v. MARSHALL FIELD & CO.

No. 45628.

57 Ill.2d 272 (1974)

312 N.E.2d 271

WILLIAM V. JOHNSON et al., Appellants, v. MARSHALL FIELD AND CO. et al., Appellees. — RONALD S. BAILIS et al., Appellants, v. GOLDBLATT BROTHERS, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Glazer and Stewart I. Gartner, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Wilson & McIlvaine, of Chicago (Kent Chandler, Jr. and Robert F. Forrer, of counsel), for appellee Marshall Field and Co.

McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago (Hamilton Smith and Larry E. Ribstein, of counsel), for appellees Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Jewel Companies, Inc.

Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroy & Davis, of Chicago (Thomas R. Mulroy, Robert W. Patterson, and Michael F. Duhl, of counsel), for appellee Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.

Sidley & Austin, of Chicago (J. Robert Barr and J. Douglas Donenfeld, of counsel), for appellees Carson Pirie Scott & Co. and National Tea Co.

Bernard Rosencranz, of Chicago, for appellee Goldblatt Bros., Inc.

Arvey, Hodes & Mantynband, of Chicago (Herman Smith, of counsel), for appellees The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. and Walgreen Co.

Fiffer & D'Angelo, of Chicago (Allan N. Lasky, of counsel), for appellee Steinberg-Baum Co.

Crowley, Barrett & Karaba, of Chicago (Edward W. Barrett, of counsel), for appellee Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.

Morton Siegel, of Chicago, for appellee Armanetti, Inc.

Williams and Leonard, Ltd., of Chicago (Robert F. Sharp, of counsel), for appellee F.W. Woolworth Co.

James E. Manning, of Chicago, for appellee High-Low Foods, Inc.

Jack Edward Dwork, of Chicago, for appellee Kroch's & Brentano's, Inc.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

William Johnson, one of the plaintiffs here, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County, individually and in behalf of the class of persons who purchased tangible personal property at retail in municipalities imposing a municipal retailers' occupation tax (MROT), against Marshall Field & Co., Sears Roebuck & Co., Jewel Companies, Inc., Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc...

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