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JOHNSON v. SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 56639.

14 Ill. App.3d 838 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 627

WILLIAM V. JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEARS ROEBUCK & Co. et al., Defendants-Appellees. JOSEPH O. UDONI et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MONTGOMERY WARD & Co. et al., Defendants-Appellees. FRANCIS J. O'BRYNE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WIEBOLDT STORES, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

September 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Johnson and Frank Glazer, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Arnstein, Gluck, Weitzenfeld & Minow, of Chicago, (Burton Y. Weitzenfeld and Peter D. Kaskin, of counsel,) for appellee Sears Roebuck & Co.

Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroy & Davis, of Chicago, (Thomas R. Mulroy, John L. Conlon, and Richard Bromley, of counsel,) for appellee Montgomery Ward.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, (William W. Darrow, David J. Rosso, Donald S. Hilliker and Michael A. Pope, of counsel,) for appellee Wieboldt Stores.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This matter involves a consolidation of three class actions in which the plaintiffs, retail purchasers, challenged the revolving charge account arrangements of the defendants, retail sellers. Specifically, in identical amended complaints, plaintiffs asked (1) that defendants be enjoined from using the "previous balance" method of computing interest or finance charges, and (2) that...

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