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CITY OF CHICAGO v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 70 C 1904.

332 F.Supp. 285 (1971)

CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation, individually and on behalf of all Illinois citizens who are residents of the City of Chicago, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

June 25, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, and Jerome H. Torshen, Sp. Asst. Corp. Council, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Hammond E. Chaffetz, Joseph DuCoeur, George D. Newton, Jr., and James H. Schink, of Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill., for General Motors Corp.

Roger Barrett, Robert L. Stern and E. C. Heininger, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Ford Motor Co.

Earl A. Jinkinson, of Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Chicago, Ill., for Chrysler Corp.

James O'Shaughnessy, and William T. Hart, of Schiff, Hardin, Waite, Dorschel & Britton, Chicago, Ill., for American Motors Corp. and Kaiser Jeep Corp.

Robert E. Haythorne and Joseph DuCoeur of Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill., for Checker Motor Corp.

Lawrence Gunnels of Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill., for Studebaker Corp.

John J. McHugh, of Chadwell, Keck, Kayser & Ruggles, Chicago, Ill., for White Motor Corp.

G. E. Hale and Paul S. Gerdling, of Wilson & McIlvaine, Chicago, Ill., for Mack Trucks, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Defendants' Motion to Dismiss

MAROVITZ, District Judge.

This is, ostensibly, a class action products liability case. Plaintiff, City of Chicago (City), is an Illinois municipal corporation. City is bringing this action on its own behalf and on behalf of all Illinois citizens who are residents of the municipality. Defendants are nine out-of-state corporations, each of which is primarily engaged in the business of designing, developing...

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