ADLER v. ILLINOIS BELL TEL. CO.

No. 50443.

72 Ill.2d 295 (1978)

381 N.E.2d 294

MARILYN ADLER et al., Appellants, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max & Herman Chill, P.C., of Chicago (Max Chill, Herman Chill, and Donald B. Garvey, of counsel), for appellants.

James R. Bryant, Jr., and Edward Butts, of Chicago, for appellee Illinois Bell Telephone Company.

William R. Quinlan, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Daniel Pascale and Edmund Hatfield, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees Thomas J. Davies et al.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the city of Chicago's transmission of messages tax ordinance (Municipal Code of Chicago, sec. 132.30 et seq.). Plaintiffs, Marilyn and Leonard Adler (individually, and as representatives of a class of persons similarly situated), brought this action in the circuit court of Cook

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