GETTO v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 51581.

77 Ill.2d 346 (1979)

396 N.E.2d 544

CHARLES A. GETTO, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Quinlan, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Daniel Pascale and Edmund Hatfield, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant City of Chicago.

James R. Bryant, Jr., Edward A. Butts, and L. Bow Pritchett, of Chicago, for appellant Illinois Bell Telephone Company.

Sidney Z. Karasik and Leonard E. Handmacher, of Chicago, for appellee.

Joseph J. Butler, Jr., of Chicago (Asher, Goodstein, Pavalon, Gittler, Greenfield & Segall, Ltd., of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois State Federation of Labor.

Richard G. Ferguson, Laurence D. Lasky and James N. Nowacki, of Chicago (Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of counsel), for amicus curiae Commonwealth Edison Company.

Peter B. Freeman, Garland H. Allan and Peter F. Lovato, III, of Hopkins, Sutter, Mulroy, Davis & Cromartie, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Co.


Order affirmed; cause remanded.

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

Plaintiff, Charles A. Getto, "individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated," filed this action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, the city of Chicago and Illinois Bell Telephone Co. (Bell), alleging that defendants had erroneously collected from Bell's customers sums greatly in excess...

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